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Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 15

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2 Samuel 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Samuel 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of 2 Samuel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now it came about after this that 1Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.
  2. Absalom used to rise early and 2stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
  3. Then Absalom would say to him, “See, 3your [a]claims are good and right, but no man listens to you on the part of the king.”
  4. Moreover, Absalom would say, “4Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has any suit or cause could come to me and I would give him justice.”
  5. And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and 5kiss him.
  6. In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; 6so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel.
  7. ¶ Now it came about at the end of [b]forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the LORD, in 7Hebron.
  8. For your servant 8vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘9If the LORD shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
  9. The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
  10. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘10Absalom is king in Hebron.’”
  11. Then two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem, 11who were invited and 12went [c]innocently, and they did not know anything.
  12. And Absalom sent for 13Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city 14Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for 15the people increased continually with Absalom.
  13. ¶ Then a messenger came to David, saying, “16The hearts of the men of Israel are [d]with Absalom.”
  14. David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “17Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
  15. Then the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
  16. So the king went out and all his household [e]with him. But 18the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
  17. The king went out and all the people [f]with him, and they stopped at the last house.
  18. Now all his servants passed on beside him, 19all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, 20six hundred men who had come [g]with him from Gath, passed on before the king.
  19. ¶ Then the king said to 21Ittai the Gittite, “Why will you also go with us? Return and remain with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile; return to your own place.
  20. You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander with us, while 22I go where I will? Return and take back your brothers; 23mercy and [h]truth be with you.”
  21. But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely 24wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.”
  22. Therefore David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
  23. While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people passed over. The king also passed over 25the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward 26the way of the wilderness.
  24. ¶ Now behold, 27Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him 28carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and 29Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city.
  25. The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then 30He will bring me back again and show me both it and 31His habitation.
  26. But if He should say thus, ‘32I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am, 33let Him do to me as seems good [i]to Him.”
  27. The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Are you not 34a seer? Return to the city in peace and your 35two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
  28. See, I am going to wait 36at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
  29. Therefore Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there.
  30. ¶ And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and 37his head was covered and he walked 38barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.
  31. Now someone told David, saying, “39Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, I pray, 40make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”
  32. ¶ It happened as David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, that behold, Hushai the 41Archite met him with his [j]coat torn and [k]dust on his head.
  33. David said to him, “If you pass over with me, then you will be 42a burden to me.
  34. But if you return to the city, and 43say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,’ then you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
  35. Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So it shall be that 44whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
  36. Behold 45their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and 46by them you shall send me everything that you hear.”
  37. So Hushai, 47David’s friend, came into the city, and 48Absalom came into Jerusalem.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit words
  2. ^ Some ancient versions render four
  3. ^ Lit in their integrity
  4. ^ Lit after
  5. ^ Lit at his feet
  6. ^ Lit at his feet
  7. ^ Lit at his feet
  8. ^ Or faithfulness
  9. ^ Lit in His sight
  10. ^ Or tunic
  11. ^ Lit ground

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ki 1:5
  2. ^ Ru 4:1; 2Sa 19:8
  3. ^ Pr 12:2
  4. ^ Jg 9:29
  5. ^ 2Sa 14:33; 20:9
  6. ^ Ro 16:18
  7. ^ 2Sa 3:2, 3
  8. ^ 2Sa 13:37, 38
  9. ^ Ge 28:20, 21
  10. ^ 1Ki 1:34; 2Ki 9:13
  11. ^ 1Sa 9:13
  12. ^ 1Sa 22:15
  13. ^ 2Sa 15:31
  14. ^ Jos 15:51
  15. ^ Ps 3:1
  16. ^ Jg 9:3; 2Sa 15:6
  17. ^ 2Sa 12:11; Ps 3, title
  18. ^ 2Sa 16:21, 22
  19. ^ 2Sa 8:18
  20. ^ 1Sa 23:13; 25:13; 30:1, 9
  21. ^ 2Sa 18:2
  22. ^ 1Sa 23:13
  23. ^ 2Sa 2:6
  24. ^ Ru 1:16, 17; Pr 17:17
  25. ^ 1Ki 15:13; 2Ch 29:16
  26. ^ 2Sa 15:28; 16:2
  27. ^ 2Sa 8:17; 20:25
  28. ^ Nu 4:15; 1Sa 4:4, 5
  29. ^ 1Sa 22:20
  30. ^ Ps 43:3
  31. ^ Ex 15:13; Je 25:30
  32. ^ 2Sa 11:27; 1Ch 21:7
  33. ^ 1Sa 3:18
  34. ^ 1Sa 9:6-9
  35. ^ 2Sa 17:17
  36. ^ Jos 5:10; 2Sa 17:16
  37. ^ Es 6:12; Eze 24:17, 23
  38. ^ Is 20:2-4
  39. ^ 2Sa 15:12
  40. ^ 2Sa 16:23; 17:14, 23
  41. ^ Jos 16:2
  42. ^ 2Sa 19:35
  43. ^ 2Sa 16:19
  44. ^ 2Sa 17:15, 16
  45. ^ 2Sa 15:27
  46. ^ 2Sa 17:17
  47. ^ 2Sa 16:16; 1Ch 27:33
  48. ^ 2Sa 16:15

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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