2 Samuel 15:17

17 So the king went out with all the people {following him}, and they stopped {at the last house}.

2 Samuel 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:17

And the king went forth
From Jerusalem; which is repeated, that it might be observed in what a hurry and fright he was:

and all the people after him;
his family, court, and servants, and as many of the people of Jerusalem as chose to go with him:

and tarried at a place that was afar off;
when they had got at some distance from the city, they stopped and stayed a while; it could not be a great way from it, for they had not as yet passed over the brook Kidron, ( 2 Samuel 15:23 ) .

2 Samuel 15:17 In-Context

15 Then the servants of the king said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king chooses, {your servants are ready to act}!"

16 The king went out with all his household {following him}, but the king left behind ten concubines to look after the house.

17 So the king went out with all the people {following him}, and they stopped {at the last house}.

18 All his servants [were] passing {by him}: all of the Kerethites and all of the Pelethites and all of the Gittites--six hundred men {who had followed him} from Gath--passing {before the king}.

19 The king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why [are] you also coming with us? Return and stay with the king, for you [are] a foreigner; moreover, you [are] an exile. {You [are] far from your place}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "and"
• [b]. Literally "at his feet"
• [c]. Literally "[at] the house of the distance"