Verse 14
2 Samuel 15:14
World English Bible, British Edition
14
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,
“Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us
quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּ֠וִד לְ/כָל עֲבָדָ֨י/ו אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֤/וֹ בִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ ק֣וּמוּ וְ/נִבְרָ֔חָה כִּ֛י לֹא תִֽהְיֶה לָּ֥/נוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה מִ/פְּנֵ֣י אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם מַהֲר֣וּ לָ/לֶ֗כֶת פֶּן יְמַהֵ֤ר וְ/הִשִּׂגָ֨/נוּ֙ וְ/הִדִּ֤יחַ עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙ אֶת הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה וְ/הִכָּ֥ה הָ/עִ֖יר לְ/פִי חָֽרֶב
English Translation
And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Arise and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom; hurry to leave, lest he hasten and overtake us and bring disaster upon us and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
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Chapter 15 Context
1
After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty
men to run before him.
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2
Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any
man had a suit which should co...
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3
Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right;
but there is no man deputized by the...
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4
Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every
man who has any suit or ca...
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5
It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched
out his hand, took hold of h...
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6
Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for
judgement. So Absalom stole th...
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7
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let
me go and pay my vow, which I have...
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8
For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying,
‘If the LORD shall indeed br...
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9
The king said to him, “Go in peace.”
So he arose and went to Hebron.
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10
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
“As soon as you hear the sound o...
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11
Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were
invited, and went in their simplicity;...
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12
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from
his city, even from Giloh, while...
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13
A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel
are after Absalom.”
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14
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem,
“Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of u...
15
The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants
are ready to do whatever my lord the ki...
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16
The king went out, and all his household after him. The king
left ten women, who were concubines, to...
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17
The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in
Beth Merhak.
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18
All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and
all the Pelethites, and all the...
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19
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go
with us? Return, and stay with the king...
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20
Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down
with us, since I go where I m...
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21
Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD lives, and as
my lord the king lives, surely in what...
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22
David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed
over, and all his men, and all the...
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23
All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over.
The king also himself passed...
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24
Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the
ark of the covenant of God (Elohi...
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25
The king said to Zadok, “Carry God (Elohim)’s ark back into the city. If I find
favour in the LORD’s...
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26
but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let
him do to me as seems good to him...
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27
The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return
into the city in peace, and your...
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28
Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes
from you to inform me.”
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29
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God (Elohim)’s ark to Jerusalem again;
and they stayed there.
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30
David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he
went up; and he had his head cove...
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31
Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is amongst the conspirators
with Absalom.”
David said, “LORD...
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32
When David had come to the top, where God (Elohim) was worshipped, behold,
Hushai the Archite came t...
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33
David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden
to me;
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34
but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant,
O king. As I have been you...
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35
Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore
whatever you hear out of the...
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36
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s
son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son...
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37
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came
into Jerusalem.
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