15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” 1 15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, 2 “Come on! 3 Let’s escape! 4 Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring 5 disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” 6 15:15 The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.” 7
15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court 8 set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines 9 to attend to the palace. 15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing 10 at a spot 11 some distance away. 15:18 All his servants were leaving with him, 12 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 13 the king.
1 tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “Arise!”
4 tn Heb “let’s flee.”
5 tn Heb “thrust.”
6 tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
3 tn Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”
4 tn Heb “and all his house.”
5 tn Heb “women, concubines.”
5 tn Heb “and they stood.”
6 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”
7 tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”