Translations
Modern
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Traditional
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
Literal
And the king went out, and all the people after him, and they stood at the last house.
Latin
Egressusque rex et omnis Israël pedibus suis, stetit procul a domo:
Original
Hebrew
English
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Notes
Absalom 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.
Events
Parallels
Places
Beth-merhak: Place near Jerusalem where David stayed during Absalom's revolt
Glossary
Absalom David Gilead (Place) Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Proverbs, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Absalom: Conspiracy Cowardice: David, in Fleeing from Absalom David: King of Israel: David's Flight from Jerusalem