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2 Samuel 15:13-18
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David Flees from Jerusalem

13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”[a] 14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come on![b] Let’s escape![c] Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring[d] disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”[e] 15 The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.”[f]

16 So the king and all the members of his royal court[g] set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines[h] to attend to the palace. 17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing[i] at a spot[j] some distance away. 18 All his servants were leaving with him,[k] along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites—some 600 men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with[l] the king.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:13 tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”
  2. 2 Samuel 15:14 tn Heb “Arise!”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:14 tn Heb “let’s flee.”
  4. 2 Samuel 15:14 tn Heb “thrust.”
  5. 2 Samuel 15:14 tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
  6. 2 Samuel 15:15 tn Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”
  7. 2 Samuel 15:16 tn Heb “and all his house.”
  8. 2 Samuel 15:16 tn Heb “women, concubines.”
  9. 2 Samuel 15:17 tn Heb “and they stood.”
  10. 2 Samuel 15:17 tn Heb “house.”
  11. 2 Samuel 15:18 tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”
  12. 2 Samuel 15:18 tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”
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2 Samuel 15:13-18
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David flees from Jerusalem

13 A messenger came to David, reporting, “The hearts of the Israelites have gone over to Absalom.” 14 Then David told all the servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come on! We have to run for it, or we won’t be able to escape Absalom. Hurry, or he will catch up with us in no time, destroy us,[a] and attack the city with the sword.”

15 The king’s servants said to him, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our master the king decides.” 16 So the king left, with his entire household following him, but he left ten secondary wives behind to take care of the palace.

17 So the king left, with all his people following him, and they stopped at the last house. 18 All the king’s servants marched past him, as did all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:14 Heb uncertain; LXXL bring the city down on top of us
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