2 Samuel 15:13-18

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David Flees Jerusalem

¹³Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.” ¹⁴David said to all his ^[a]servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, let us flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom! Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring disaster on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.” ¹⁵The king’s servants said to him, “Listen, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.” ¹⁶So the king left, and all his household ^[b]with him. But the king left behind ten women who were ^[c]concubines to take care of the house (palace).^(A) ¹⁷The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house. ¹⁸All of David’s ^[d]servants passed on beside him, and all the Cherethites, Pelethites and the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 15:14 This would have included various officials, guards, staff, and other members of David’s court and household.
2 Samuel 15:16 Lit at his feet.
2 Samuel 15:16 See note Gen 22:24.
2 Samuel 15:18 See note v 14.