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.

[15:14]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ² tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ³ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[15:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they stood.”

[15:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[15:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

[15:23]  ¹² tn Heb “crossing over.”

[15:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”