2 Samuel 15:28

28 I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

2 Samuel 15:28 in Other Translations

28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

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

28 I will stop at the shallows of the Jordan River and wait there for a report from you.”

28 I'll wait at a spot in the wilderness across the river, until I get word from you telling us what's up."

28 Remember, I'll wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."

2 Samuel 15:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:28

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness
Towards the way of which David and the people went when they came over Kidron, ( 2 Samuel 15:23 ) ;

until there come word from you to certify me;
of the truth of the conspiracy, of the number of the conspirators, and who they are, what progress they have made, whether come to Jerusalem, and how they behave there, if come; or of anything relative hereunto he could get intelligence of.

2 Samuel 15:28 In-Context

26 But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”

27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons.

28 I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 17:16