2 Samuel 15:17

Bible in Basic English

And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the king set out, and all the people followed him. They stopped at the last house

Hebrew Names Version
The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beit-Merhak.

King James Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

Lexham English Bible
So the king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at the last house.

English Standard Version
And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.

New Century Version
The king left with all his people following him, and they stopped at a house far away.

New English Translation
The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.

Amplified Bible
The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

New American Standard Bible
The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King went forth & all the people after him, and taried in a place farre off.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king set out with all the people after him, but they waited at the last house

Darby Translation
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed at the remote house.

Easy-to-Read Version
The king left with everyone in his house following him on foot. They stopped at the last house.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king went forth and all the people after him, and they halted in a place at a distance from the city.

Good News Translation
As the king and all his men were leaving the city, they stopped at the last house.

Literal Translation
And the king went out, and all the people at his feet. And they stood still at the house farthest away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the kynge and all the people came forth on fote, they wete farre from home,

American Standard Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king went foorth and all the people at his feete, and taried in a place that was farre of.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

King James Version (1611)
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and taried in a place that was farre off.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king and all his servants went out on foot; and abode in a distant house.

English Revised Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth–merhak.

Berean Standard Bible
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the king yede out, and al Israel, on her feet, and the kyng stood fer fro the hous.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

Update Bible Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

World English Bible
The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth-merhak.

New King James Version
And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts.

New Living Translation
The king and all his people set out on foot, pausing at the last house

New Life Bible
The king left with all the people, and they stopped at the last house.

New Revised Standard
The king left, followed by all the people; and they stopped at the last house.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus then the king went forth, with all the people attending him, - and they came to a stand at a place that was far off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

Revised Standard Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they halted at the last house.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom. ¹⁴ And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword. ¹⁵ And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done. ¹⁶ So the king went out, taking with him all the people of his house, but for ten of his women, who were to take care of the house. ¹⁷ And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House. ¹⁸ And all the people went on by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the men of Ittai of Gath, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, went on before the king. ¹⁹ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth. ²⁰ It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you. ²¹ And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be. ²² And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

went forth: Psalms 3:1, *title Psalms 3:2, Psalms 66:12, Ecclesiastes 10:7

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

Genesis 15:18
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 15:19
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.

Judges 13:20
And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.

2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

1 Chronicles 21:26
And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

Isaiah 62:1
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king went forth,.... From Jerusalem; which is repeated, that it might be observed in what a hurry and fright he was:

and all the people after him; his family, court, and servants, and as many of the people of Jerusalem as chose to go with him:

and tarried at a place that was afar off; when they had got at some distance from the city, they stopped and stayed a while; it could not be a great way from it, for they had not as yet passed over the brook Kidron, 2 Samuel 15:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:17. And tarried in a place — He probably waited till he saw all his friends safely out of the city.