2 Samuel 15:26

26 "But if He should say thus, '1I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, 2let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

2 Samuel 15:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:26

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee
As a king, or in his temporal prosperity, though he might and had delight in him as a chosen vessel of salvation, as a saint and child of God, and in his spiritual and everlasting welfare:

behold, [here am] I;
his humble servant, ready to be, and do and suffer whatever is his pleasure:

let him do to me as seemeth good unto him;
strip me of all the ensigns of royalty, dispossess me of my crown and kingdom, and dispose of me as seems good in his sight; who is a sovereign Being, and has a right to do with his creatures what he pleases.

2 Samuel 15:26 In-Context

24 Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar 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 He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.
26 "But if He should say thus, 'I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."
27 The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28 "See, I am going to wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Samuel 11:27; 1 Chronicles 21:7
  • 2. 1 Samuel 3:18

Footnotes 1

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