Verse 21
2 Samuel 15:21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
21
And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what place soever thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in death, or in life, there will thy servant be.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֧עַן אִתַּ֛י אֶת הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר חַי יְהוָ֗ה וְ/חֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֠י אִם בִּ/מְק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִֽהְיֶה שָּׁ֣ם אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ אִם לְ/מָ֨וֶת֙ אִם לְ/חַיִּ֔ים כִּי שָׁ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And I answered my lord the king, "As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king will be, whether for death or for life, there will your servant be."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 15 Context
1
Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Focus ↗
2
And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come...
Focus ↗
3
And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the k...
Focus ↗
4
O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I...
Focus ↗
5
Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him...
Focus ↗
6
And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the he...
Focus ↗
7
And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to...
Focus ↗
8
For thy servant made avow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again...
Focus ↗
9
And king David said to him: Go in peace. And he arose, and went to Hebron.
Focus ↗
10
And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of...
Focus ↗
11
Now there went with Absalom two hundred men out of Jerusalem that were called, going with simplicity...
Focus ↗
12
Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he...
Focus ↗
13
And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.
Focus ↗
14
And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall...
Focus ↗
15
And the king's servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants wil...
Focus ↗
16
And the king went forth, and all his household on foot: and the king left ten women his concubines t...
Focus ↗
17
And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:
Focus ↗
18
And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Geth...
Focus ↗
19
And the king said to Ethai the Gethite: Why comest thou with us? return and dwell with the king, for...
Focus ↗
20
Yesterday thou camest, and to day shalt thou be forced to go forth with us? but I shall go whither I...
Focus ↗
21
And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what pla...
22
And David said to Ethai: Come, and pass over. And Ethai the Gethite passed, and all the men that wer...
Focus ↗
23
And they all wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself went over...
Focus ↗
24
And Sadoc the priest also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God...
Focus ↗
25
And the king said to Sadoc: Carry back the ark of God (Elohim) into the city: if I shall find grace...
Focus ↗
26
But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before hi...
Focus ↗
27
And the king said to Sadoc the priest: O seer, return into the city in peace: and let Achimaas thy s...
Focus ↗
28
Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me.
Focus ↗
29
So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back the ark of God (Elohim) into Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
Focus ↗
30
But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with hi...
Focus ↗
31
And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infat...
Focus ↗
32
And when David was come to the top of the mountain, where he was about to adore the Lord, behold Chu...
Focus ↗
33
And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me:
Focus ↗
34
But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been...
Focus ↗
35
And thou hast with thee Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests: and what thing soever thou shalt hear out o...
Focus ↗
36
And there are with them their two sons Achimaas the son of Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar:...
Focus ↗
37
Then Chusai the friend of David went into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
Focus ↗