Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 15

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2 Samuel 15 . 1 , Absalom , by fair speeches and courtesies , steals the hearts of Israel; 2 Samuel 15 . 7 , Under pretence of a vow , he obtains leave to go to Hebron; 2 Samuel 15 . 10 , He makes there a great conspiracy; 2 Samuel 15 . 13 , David upon the news flees from Jerusalem; 2 Samuel 15 . 19 , Ittai will not leave him; 2 Samuel 15 . 24 , Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark; 2 Samuel 15 . 30 , David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping; 2 Samuel 15 . 31 , He curses Ahithophel’s counsel; 2 Samuel 15 . 32 , Hushai is sent back with instructions.

2 Samuel 15:1

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

2 Samuel 15:1 · BSB

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am 2980 , bc 1024

2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, "What city are you from?" And if he replied, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,"

2 Samuel 15:2 · BSB

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came4 parallels

Heb. to come

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2 Samuel 15:3

Absalom would say, "Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you."

2 Samuel 15:3 · BSB

thy matters6 parallels

there is9 parallels

etc. or , none will hear thee from the king downward

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2 Samuel 15:4

And he would add, "If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice."

2 Samuel 15:4 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:5

Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

2 Samuel 15:5 · BSB

took him4 parallels

and kissed1 parallel

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2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:6 · BSB

stole3 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:7

After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

2 Samuel 15:7 · BSB

forty years3 parallels

As David reigned in the whole only forty years , this reading is evidently corrupt , though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate , LXX , and Chaldee. But the Syriac , Arabic , Josephus , Theodoret , the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate , and several manuscripts of the same version , read four years; and it is highly probable that arbaim , forty , is an error for arba , four , though not supported by any Hebrew manuscript yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott , however , have yom , "day ," instead of shanah , "year ," i.e. , forty days instead of forty years; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities

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2 Samuel 15:8

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: 'If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.'"

2 Samuel 15:8 · BSB

thy servant6 parallels

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I will serve4 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:9

"Go in peace," said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:9 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:10

Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: "When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, 'Absalom reigns in Hebron!'"

2 Samuel 15:10 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:11

Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.

2 Samuel 15:11 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:12

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's following kept increasing.

2 Samuel 15:12 · BSB

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the people4 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:13

Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."

2 Samuel 15:13 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:14

And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, "Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword."

2 Samuel 15:14 · BSB

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Heb. thrust

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2 Samuel 15:15

The king's servants replied, "Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants."

2 Samuel 15:15 · BSB

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appoint Heb. choose

2 Samuel 15:16

Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

2 Samuel 15:16 · BSB

the king1 parallel

after him3 parallels

Heb. at his feet

ten women5 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:17

So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

2 Samuel 15:17 · BSB

went forth4 parallels

2 Samuel 15:18

and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

2 Samuel 15:18 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:19

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

2 Samuel 15:19 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:20

In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness."

2 Samuel 15:20 · BSB

go up and down5 parallels

Heb. wander in going

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2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king, "As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!"

2 Samuel 15:21 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:22

"March on then," said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

2 Samuel 15:22 · BSB

and all the little1 parallel

Sir John Chardin informs us ,in a manuscript note on this place , that it is usual with the greatest part of the eastern people , especially the Arabs , to carry their whole family with them when they go to war

2 Samuel 15:23

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

2 Samuel 15:23 · BSB

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the brook The brook Kidron , which is but a few paces broad , runs along the valley of Jehoshaphat , east of Jerusalem , to the south-west corner of the city , and then , turning to the south-east , empties itself into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus , it is dry at least nine months in the year , being only furnished with water in the winter , and after heavy rains . its bed is narrow and deep , which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which have found some other , and probably subterraneous course.

2 Samuel 15:24

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.

2 Samuel 15:24 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:25

Then the king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

2 Samuel 15:25 · BSB

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he will bring14 parallels

habitation2 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:26

But if He should say, 'I do not delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him."

2 Samuel 15:26 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

I have not

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2 Samuel 15:27

The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 15:27 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:28

See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."

2 Samuel 15:28 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:29

So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.

2 Samuel 15:29 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:30

But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

2 Samuel 15:30 · BSB

the ascent6 parallels

mount Olivet1 parallel

Mount Olivet , so called from its abounding with olive trees , is situated east of Jerusalem , being separated from it only by the valley of Jehoshaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is five stadia , i.e. , 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St. Luke

  • Acts 1:12 says it is a Sabbath day's journey , or about eight stadia distant , i.e. , to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of limestone hills , extending from north to south for about a mile; and it is described as having three , or , according to others , four summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of the city , over whose streets and walls the eye roves as if in the survey of a model

and wept as he went up5 parallels

Heb. going up and weeping

his head covered4 parallels

This custom was only practised by persons in great distress , or when convicted of great crimes. Thus Darius , when informed by Tyriotes , the eunuch , that his queen was dead , and that she had suffered no violence from Alexander , covered his head , and wept a long time; then throwing off the garment that covered him , he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice

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2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

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turn the counsel12 parallels

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2 Samuel 15:32

When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

2 Samuel 15:32 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:33

David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

2 Samuel 15:33 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:34

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

2 Samuel 15:34 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:35

Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.

2 Samuel 15:35 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:36

Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”

2 Samuel 15:36 · BSB

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2 Samuel 15:37

So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

2 Samuel 15:37 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes John 18:1 → 2 Samuel 15:23
Trajectories
Absalom (The Rebellious Son)
Chiasms
Shaped 2 Samuel 15:1–20:22, 2 Samuel 15:30–30
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