2 Samuel 15:28

28 Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify 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 shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

27 And the king said to Sadoc the priest: O seer, return into the city in peace: and let Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.

28 Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me.

29 So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back the ark of God into Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

30 But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.