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Text -- 2 Samuel 15:14-37 (NET)
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15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem , “Come on ! Let’s escape ! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom ! Go immediately , or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword .”
15:15 The king’s servants replied to the king , “We will do whatever our lord the king decides .”
15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot , though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace .
15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot , pausing at a spot some distance away.
15:18 All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites , all the Pelethites , and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath . They were leaving with the king .
15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite , “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king , for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country .
15:20 It seems like you arrived just yesterday . Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go . But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”
15:21 But Ittai replied to the king , “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives , wherever my lord the king is , whether dead or alive , there I will be as well!”
15:22 So David said to Ittai , “Come along then.” So Ittai the Gittite went along , accompanied by all his men and all the dependents who were with him.
15:23 All the land was weeping loudly as all these people were leaving . As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley , all the people were leaving on the road that leads to the desert .
15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God . When they positioned the ark of God , Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city .
15:25 Then the king said to Zadok , “Take the ark of God back to the city . If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.
15:26 However , if he should say , ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate .”
15:27 The king said to Zadok the priest , “Are you a seer ? Go back to the city in peace ! Your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan may go with you and Abiathar .
15:28 Look , I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me.”
15:29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there .
15:30 As David was going up the Mount of Olives , he was weeping as he went ; his head was covered and his feet were bare . All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up .
15:31 Now David had been told , “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom . So David prayed , “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish , O Lord !”
15:32 When David reached the summit , where he used to worship God , Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head .
15:33 David said to him, “If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.
15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom , ‘I will be your servant , O king ! Previously I was your father’s servant , and now I will be your servant .’
15:35 Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you. Everything you hear in the king’s palace you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests .
15:36 Furthermore , their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan . You must send them to me with any information you hear .”
15:37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in the city , just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem .
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Ahimaaz |
Rebellion |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Israel |
Children |
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JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Absalom |
Ittai |
Hushai |
Abiathar |
Friendship |
Ahithophel |
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NET Notes -> 2Sa 15:14; 2Sa 15:14; 2Sa 15:14; 2Sa 15:14; 2Sa 15:14; 2Sa 15:15; 2Sa 15:16; 2Sa 15:16; 2Sa 15:17; 2Sa 15:17; 2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 15:19; 2Sa 15:19; 2Sa 15:20; 2Sa 15:20; 2Sa 15:20; 2Sa 15:21; 2Sa 15:21; 2Sa 15:22; 2Sa 15:22; 2Sa 15:22; 2Sa 15:23; 2Sa 15:23; 2Sa 15:23; 2Sa 15:24; 2Sa 15:26; 2Sa 15:27; 2Sa 15:27; 2Sa 15:28; 2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 15:33; 2Sa 15:35; 2Sa 15:35; 2Sa 15:36
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NET Notes: 2Sa 15:15 Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”
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NET Notes: 2Sa 15:27 Heb “And Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, two of your sons, with you.” The pronominal suffix on the last word is plural...
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