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New King James Version

2 Samuel 15:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Absalom;   Cowardice;   David;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abiathar;   Beth-Merhak;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   David;   Jerusalem;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ahithophel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Merhak;   Far House;   Ittai;  

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.
Bible in Basic English
And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.
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 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 Now a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom." 14 So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword." 15 And the king's servants said to the king, "We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commands." 16 Then the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts. 18 Then all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king. 19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place. 20 In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you." 21 But Ittai answered the king and said, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be." 22 So David said to Ittai, "Go, and cross over." Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who were with him crossed over.

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
But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15:3
Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
Genesis 15:18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
Genesis 15:19
the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
Judges 6:21
Then the Angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 13:20
it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar--the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.
2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
1 Chronicles 21:26
And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

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.


 
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