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2 Samuel 15:12-14
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 15:12-14
International Standard Version
12 Absalom also sent for Ahithophel[a] the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come[b] from his home town of Giloh while Absalom[c] was presenting the sacrificial offerings. And so the conspiracy widened, because the common people increasingly sided with Absalom.
David Flees from Jerusalem
13 Then a messenger arrived to inform David, “The loyalties of the men[d] of Israel have shifted to[e] Absalom.”
14 So David told all of his staff who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let’s get up and get out of here! Otherwise, none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry, or he’ll overtake us quickly, bring disaster on all of us, and execute the inhabitants of the city!”
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- 2 Samuel 15:12 Ahithophel was Bathsheba’s grandfather; cf. 2Sam 11:3; 23:34
- 2 Samuel 15:12 The Heb. lacks to come
- 2 Samuel 15:12 Lit. he
- 2 Samuel 15:13 Lit. heart of the man
- 2 Samuel 15:13 Lit. have followed after
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