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2 Samuel 15 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, 'Of what city art thou?' and he saith, 'Of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - And Absalom saith unto him, 'See, thy matters are good and straightforward -- and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - And Absalom saith, 'Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:8 - for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:9 - And the king saith to him, 'Go in peace;' and he riseth and goeth to Hebron,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, 'At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.

David Flees Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:13 - And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, 'The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David saith to all his servants who are with him in Jerusalem, 'Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - And the servants of the king say unto the king, 'According to all that my lord the king chooseth -- lo, thy servants do.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:17 - And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, 'Why dost thou go -- thou also -- with us? turn back -- and abide with the king, for thou art a stranger, and also an exile thou -- to thy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - Yesterday is thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! -- turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, -- kindness and truth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - And Ittai answereth the king and saith, 'Jehovah liveth, and my lord the king liveth, surely in the place where my lord the king is -- if for death, if for life, surely there is thy servant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:22 - And David saith unto Ittai, 'Go and pass over;' and Ittai the Gittite passeth over, and all his men, and all the infants who are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:23 - And all the land are weeping -- a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - and lo, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they make the ark of God firm, and Abiathar goeth up, till the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - And the king saith to Zadok, 'Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here am I, He doth to me as is good in His eyes.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - And the king saith unto Zadok the priest, 'Art thou a seer? turn back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - And Zadok taketh back -- and Abiathar -- the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who are with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him is Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:33 - and David saith to him, 'If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I am also hitherto, and now, I am also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - Lo, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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2 Samuel Chapter 15 — Additional Translations:

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