2 Samuel 15:34

34 porém se voltares para a cidade, e disseres a Absalão: Eu serei, ó rei, teu servo; como fui dantes servo de teu pai, assim agora serei teu servo; dissipar-me-ás então a conselho de Aitofel.

2 Samuel 15:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:34

But if thou return to the city
To the city of Jerusalem, from whence it seems he came:

and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king;
as he was by usurpation, and by the proclamation of the people with him. David directs him to address him thus, that he might have no suspicion of him, having been an old friend of his:

[as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto;
perhaps in the character of a counsellor, as it should seem, since as such he was afterwards employed by Absalom:

so [will] I now also [be] thy servant;
in whatsoever thou shall please to employ me under thee:

then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel;
for being taken into Absalom's service, and made one of his counsellors, he would be privy to the advice of Ahithophel, and so be able to work against him.

2 Samuel 15:34 In-Context

32 Ora, aconteceu que, chegando Davi ao cume, onde se costumava adorar a Deus, Husai, o arquita, veio encontrar-se com ele, com a roupa rasgada e a cabeça coberta de terra.

33 Disse-lhe Davi: Se fores comigo, ser-me-ás pesado;

34 porém se voltares para a cidade, e disseres a Absalão: Eu serei, ó rei, teu servo; como fui dantes servo de teu pai, assim agora serei teu servo; dissipar-me-ás então a conselho de Aitofel.

35 E não estão ali contigo Zadoque e Abiatar, sacerdotes? Portanto, tudo o que ouvires da casa do rei lhes dirás.

36 Eis que estão também ali com eles seus dois filhos, Aimaaz, filho de Zadoque, e Jônatas, filho de Abiatar; por eles me avisareis de tudo o que ouvirdes.