2 Samuel 15:28

28 See, I will wait at 1the fords of 2the 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 have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."
27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28 See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."
29 So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
30 But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Samuel 17:16
  • 2. [See ver. 23 above]
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