撒母耳记下 15:20

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你昨天才來，我怎可以今天就讓你與我們一同流浪呢？現在我還不知道我要到哪裡去。你回去吧！帶著你的兄弟一同回去吧！願耶和華的慈愛和信實與你同在。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 来 的 日 子 不 多 ， 我 今 日 怎 好 叫 你 与 我 们 一 同 飘 流 、 没 有 一 定 的 住 处 呢 ？ 你 不 如 带 你 的 弟 兄 回 去 罢 ！ 愿 耶 和 华 用 慈 爱 诚 实 待 你 。

Contextual Overview

¹³ A messenger came to David, saying, "The Israelites are giving their loyalty to Absalom." ¹⁴ Then David said to all his officers who were with him in Jerusalem, "We must leave quickly! If we don't, we won't be able to get away from Absalom. We must hurry before he catches us and destroys us and kills the people of Jerusalem." ¹⁵ The king's officers said to him, "We will do anything you say." ¹⁶ The king set out with everyone in his house, but he left ten slave women to take care of the palace. ¹⁷ The king left with all his people following him, and they stopped at a house far away. ¹⁸ All the king's servants passed by him—the Kerethites and Pelethites, all those from Gath, and the six hundred men who had followed him. ¹⁹ The king said to Ittai, a man from Gath, "Why are you also going with us? Turn back and stay with King Absalom because you are a foreigner. This is not your homeland. ²⁰ You joined me only a short time ago. Should I make you wander with us when I don't even know where I'm going? Turn back and take your brothers with you. May kindness and loyalty be shown to you." ²¹ But Ittai said to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will stay with you, whether it means life or death." ²² David said to Ittai, "Go, march on." So Ittai from Gath and all his people with their children marched on.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

go up and down: Heb. wander in going, Psalms 56:8, Psalms 59:15, Amos 8:12, Hebrews 11:37, Hebrews 11:38

seeing: 1 Samuel 23:13

mercy: 2 Samuel 2:6, Psalms 25:10, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 61:7, Psalms 85:10, Psalms 89:14, Proverbs 14:22, John 1:17, 2 Timothy 1:16-18

Reciprocal: Ruth 1:15 - return 2 Samuel 15:34 - return 2 Kings 2:2 - Tarry here Psalms 43:3 - send Proverbs 3:3 - mercy John 6:67 - Will 2 Corinthians 1:2 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 14:5
Then in the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings with him came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim.

Isaiah 17:5
That time will be like the grain harvest in the Valley of Rephaim. The workers cut the wheat. Then they cut the heads of grain from the plants and collect the grain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday,.... From Gath, or from an expedition he and his men had been on:

should I this day make thee, go up and down with us? wander up and down from place to place with David, when he was but just come off a journey, weary and fatigued:

seeing I go whither I may; where it will be most safe for me, I know not where; may be obliged to flee here and there, which would be very inconvenient to Ittai in his circumstances:

return thou, and take back thy brethren; the six hundred men under him, and whom David could ill spare at this time, and yet, consulting their ease, advises to return to Jerusalem with them:

mercy and truth [be] with thee; the Lord show mercy and kindness to thee, in that thou hast shown favour and respect to me, and make good all his promises to thee, who hast been true and faithful to me.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou camest but yesterday - Meaning, “Thou art not a native Israelite, but only a sojourner for a few years, it is not reason therefore that thou shouldst share my calamities. Return to thy place, thy adopted home Jerusalem, and to the king, Absalom” 2 Samuel 15:34-35.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:20. Mercy and truth be with thee. — May God ever show thee mercy, as thou showest it to me, and his truth ever preserve thee from error and delusion!