2 Samuel 15:17

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the king set out, and all the people followed him. They stopped at the last house

Hebrew Names Version
The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beit-Merhak.

King James Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

Lexham English Bible
So the king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at the last house.

English Standard Version
And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.

New Century Version
The king left with all his people following him, and they stopped at a house far away.

New English Translation
The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.

Amplified Bible
The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

New American Standard Bible
The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King went forth & all the people after him, and taried in a place farre off.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king set out with all the people after him, but they waited at the last house

Darby Translation
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed at the remote house.

Easy-to-Read Version
The king left with everyone in his house following him on foot. They stopped at the last house.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king went forth and all the people after him, and they halted in a place at a distance from the city.

Good News Translation
As the king and all his men were leaving the city, they stopped at the last house.

Literal Translation
And the king went out, and all the people at his feet. And they stood still at the house farthest away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the kynge and all the people came forth on fote, they wete farre from home,

American Standard Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

Bible in Basic English
And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king went foorth and all the people at his feete, and taried in a place that was farre of.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

King James Version (1611)
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and taried in a place that was farre off.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king and all his servants went out on foot; and abode in a distant house.

English Revised Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth–merhak.

Berean Standard Bible
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the king yede out, and al Israel, on her feet, and the kyng stood fer fro the hous.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

Update Bible Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

World English Bible
The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth-merhak.

New King James Version
And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts.

New Living Translation
The king and all his people set out on foot, pausing at the last house

New Life Bible
The king left with all the people, and they stopped at the last house.

New Revised Standard
The king left, followed by all the people; and they stopped at the last house.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus then the king went forth, with all the people attending him, - and they came to a stand at a place that was far off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

Revised Standard Version
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they halted at the last house.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Contextual Overview

¹³ A messenger came and told David, "Everyone in Israel is on Absalom's side!" ¹⁴ David's officials were in Jerusalem with him, and he told them, "Let's get out of here! We'll have to leave soon, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry! If he moves fast, he could catch us while we're still here. Then he will kill us and everyone else in the city." ¹⁵ The officials said, "Your Majesty, we'll do whatever you say." ¹⁶David left behind ten of his wives to take care of the palace, but the rest of his family and his officials and soldiers went with him. They stopped at the last house at the edge of the city. ¹⁸ Then David stood there and watched while his regular troops and his bodyguards marched past. The last group was the six hundred soldiers who had followed him from Gath. Their commander was Ittai. ¹⁹ David spoke to Ittai and said, "You're a foreigner from the town of Gath. You don't have to leave with us. Go back and join the new king! ²⁰ You haven't been with me very long, so why should you have to follow me, when I don't even know where I'm going? Take your soldiers and go back. I pray that the Lord will be kind and faithful to you." ²¹ Ittai answered, "Your Majesty, just as surely as you and the Lord live, I will go where you go, no matter if it costs me my life." ²² "Then come on!" David said. So Ittai and all his men and their families walked on past David. ²³ The people of Jerusalem were crying and moaning as David and everyone with him passed by. He led them across Kidron Valley and along the road toward the desert.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

went forth: Psalms 3:1, *title Psalms 3:2, Psalms 66:12, Ecclesiastes 10:7

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, " Lord All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own.

Genesis 15:3
You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything."

Genesis 15:18
At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.

Genesis 15:19
They will possess the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

Deuteronomy 4:20
But you are the Lord 's people, because he led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

Judges 6:21
The angel was holding a walking stick, and he touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick. Flames jumped from the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. When Gideon looked, the angel was gone.

Judges 13:20
The fire blazed up toward the sky, and the Lord 's angel went up toward heaven in the fire. Manoah and his wife bowed down low when they saw what happened.

2 Samuel 22:9
and breathed out smoke. Scorching heat and fiery flames spewed from your mouth.

1 Chronicles 21:26
David built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the Lord and sacrifices to ask his blessing. David prayed, and the Lord answered him by sending fire down on the altar.

Isaiah 62:1
Jerusalem, I will speak up for your good. I will never be silent till you are safe and secure, sparkling like a flame.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:17. And tarried in a place — He probably waited till he saw all his friends safely out of the city.