2 Samuel 15:28

28 "See, I am going to wait ¹at the fords of the 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 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."

29 Therefore Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there.

30 And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 5:10; 2 Samuel 17:16