New English Translation
2 Samuel 15:17
17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.
2 Samuel 15:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
- New International Version (NIV)So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts.
Context of 2 Samuel 15:17
15The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.” 16So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace. The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away. 18All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king. 19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.
Read all of 2 Samuel 152 Samuel 15:17 word by word
וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּרְחָֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- and all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- afterרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- him, and tarriedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- in a placeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- that was far offבֵּית הַמֶּרְחָקbêyth hammerchâq · Beth-merchakH1023
- that was far offמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 15:17
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And tarried in a place - He probably waited till he saw all his friends safely out of the city.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-23Verses 13-23 David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God he must condemn himself, and yield to his judgments. Thus he accepts the punishment of his sin. And good men, when they themselves suffer, are anxious that others should not be led to suffer with them. He compelled none; those whose hearts were with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (compare 2 Samuel 13:23, 38; 14:28; 15:7). This was around the twenty-fifth year of David's thirty-three-year rule in Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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