2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ¹  “Come on! ²  Let’s escape! ³  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁴  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:17

15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing ⁶  at a spot ⁷  some distance away.

2 Samuel 15:23

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ⁸  as all these people were leaving. ⁹  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ¹⁰  on the road that leads to the desert.

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² tn Heb “Arise!”

³ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

⁴ tn Heb “thrust.”

⁵ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they stood.”

⁷ tn Heb “house.”

¹¹ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

¹² tn Heb “crossing over.”

¹³ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”