2 Samuel 15:15

15 Then the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever * my lord the king chooses."

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2 Samuel 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:15

And the king's servants said unto the king
In answer to him, and to show that they were quite conformable to his pleasure:

behold, thy servants [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king
shalt appoint;
or "choose" ^F11, whether to prepare to fight, and defend him and the city, or to depart and make their escape.

FOOTNOTES:

F11 (rxby) "elegerit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Samuel 15:15 In-Context

13 Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."

14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise 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 with him. But the king left ten concubines to keep the house.

17 The king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

2 Samuel 15:15

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2 Samuel 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:15 In-Context