2 Samuel 15
1 and to be from after so and to make to/for him Absalom chariot and horse and fifty man to run: run to/for face: before his
It came about after this that Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, with fifty men to run before him.
2 and to rise Absalom and to stand: stand upon hand: to way: road [the] gate and to be all [the] man which to be to/for him strife to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king to/for justice: judgement and to call: call to Absalom to(wards) him and to say where? from this city you(m. s.) and to say from one tribe Israel servant/slave your
Absalom would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. When any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him and said, “From what city have you come?” Then the man would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
3 and to say to(wards) him Absalom to see: behold! word: case your pleasant and straightforward and to hear: hear nothing to/for you from with [the] king
So Absalom would say to him, “Look, your case is good and right, but there is no one empowered by the king to hear your case.”
4 and to say Absalom who? to set: make me to judge in/on/with land: country/planet and upon me to come (in): come all man which to be to/for him strife and justice and to justify him
Absalom added, “I wish that I were made judge in the land, so that every man who had any dispute or cause might come to me, and I would bring him justice!”
5 and to be in/on/with to present: come man: anyone to/for to bow to/for him and to send: reach [obj] hand his and to strengthen: hold to/for him and to kiss to/for him
So it came about that when any man came to Absalom to honor him, Absalom would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
6 and to make: do Absalom like/as Chronicles [the] this to/for all Israel which to come (in): come to/for justice: judgement to(wards) [the] king and to steal Absalom [obj] heart human Israel
Absalom acted in this way to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 and to be from end forty year and to say Absalom to(wards) [the] king to go: went please and to complete [obj] vow my which to vow to/for LORD in/on/with Hebron
It came about at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay a vow that I have made to Yahweh in Hebron.
8 for vow to vow servant/slave your in/on/with to dwell I in/on/with Geshur in/on/with Syria to/for to say if (to dwell *QK) to return: rescue me LORD Jerusalem and to serve: minister [obj] LORD (in/on/with Hebron *X)
For your servant made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying,' If Yahweh will indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will worship Yahweh.'”
9 and to say to/for him [the] king to go: went in/on/with peace and to arise: rise and to go: went Hebron [to]
So the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So Absalom arose and went to Hebron.
10 and to send: depart Absalom to spy in/on/with all tribe Israel to/for to say like/as to hear: hear you [obj] voice: sound [the] trumpet and to say to reign Absalom in/on/with Hebron
But then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you must say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'”
11 and with Absalom to go: went hundred man from Jerusalem to call: call to and to go: went to/for integrity their and not to know all word: thing
With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were invited. They went in their innocence, not knowing anything that Absalom had planned.
12 and to send: depart Absalom [obj] Ahithophel [the] Gilonite to advise David from city his from Giloh in/on/with to sacrifice he [obj] [the] sacrifice and to be [the] conspiracy strong and [the] people to go: continue and many with Absalom
While Absalom offered sacrfices, he sent for Ahithophel from his hometown of Giloh. He was David's counselor. Absalom's conspiracy was strong, for the people following Absalom were constantly increasing.
13 and to come (in): come [the] to tell to(wards) David to/for to say to be heart man Israel after Absalom
A messenger came to David saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are following after Absalom.”
14 and to say David to/for all servant/slave his which with him in/on/with Jerusalem to arise: rise and to flee for not to be to/for us survivor from face: before Absalom to hasten to/for to go: went lest to hasten and to overtake us and to banish upon us [obj] [the] distress: harm and to smite [the] city to/for lip: edge sword
So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Prepare to leave immediately, or he will quickly overtake us, and he will bring down disaster on us and attack the city with the edge of the sword.”
15 and to say servant/slave [the] king to(wards) [the] king like/as all which to choose lord my [the] king behold servant/slave your
The king's servants said to the king, “Look, your servants are ready to do whatever our master the king decides.”
16 and to come out: come [the] king and all house: home his in/on/with foot his and to leave: forsake [the] king [obj] ten woman: wife concubine to/for to keep: obey [the] house: home
The king left and all his family after him, but the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the palace.
17 and to come out: come [the] king and all [the] people in/on/with foot his and to stand: stand house: home [the] distance
After the king went out and all the people after him, they stopped at the last house.
18 and all servant/slave his to pass upon hand: themselves his and all [the] Cherethite and all [the] Pelethite and all [the] Gittite six hundred man which to come (in): come in/on/with foot his from Gath to pass upon face: before [the] king
All his army marched with him, and before him went all the Kerethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites—six hundred men who had followed him from Gath.
19 and to say [the] king to(wards) Ittai [the] Gittite to/for what? to go: went also you(m. s.) with us to return: return and to dwell with [the] king for foreign you(m. s.) and also to reveal: remove you(m. s.) to/for place your
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why will you come with us? Return and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and an exile. Return to your own place.
20 yesterday to come (in): come you and [the] day (to shake you *QK) with us to/for to go: went and I to go: went upon which I to go: went to return: return and to return: return [obj] brother: male-sibling your with you kindness and truth: faithful
Since you just left yesterday, why should I make you wander all over with us? I do not even know where I am going. So return and take your fellow countrymen back. May loyalty and faithfulness go with you.”
21 and to answer Ittai [obj] [the] king and to say alive LORD and alive lord my [the] king that if: except if: except in/on/with place which to be there lord my [the] king if to/for death if to/for life for there to be servant/slave your
But Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my master the king lives, surely in whatever place where my master the king goes, there also will your servant go, whether that means living or dying.”
22 and to say David to(wards) Ittai to go: went and to pass and to pass Ittai [the] Gittite and all human his and all [the] child which with him
So David said to Ittai, “Go ahead and continue with us.” So Ittai the Gittite marched with the king, along with all his men and all the families who were with him.
23 and all [the] land: country/planet to weep voice great: large and all [the] people to pass and [the] king to pass in/on/with torrent: river Kidron and all [the] people to pass upon face: surface way: direction [obj] [the] wilderness
All the country wept with a loud voice as all the people passed by over the Kidron Valley, and as the king also himself crossed over. All the people traveled on the road toward the wilderness.
24 and behold also Zadok and all [the] Levi with him to lift: bear [obj] ark covenant [the] God and to pour: set down [obj] ark [the] God and to ascend: rise Abiathar till to finish all [the] people to/for to pass from [the] city
Even Zadok with all the Levites, carrying the ark of the covenant of God, were present. They set the ark of God down, and then Abiathar joined them. They waited until all the people had passed by out of the city.
25 and to say [the] king to/for Zadok to return: return [obj] ark [the] God [the] city if to find favor in/on/with eye: appearance LORD and to return: return me and to see: see me [obj] him and [obj] pasture his
The king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me back here and show me again the ark and the place where he lives.
26 and if thus to say not to delight in in/on/with you look! I to make: do to/for me like/as as which be pleasing in/on/with eye: appearance his
But if he says, 'I am not pleased with you,' look, here am I, let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”
27 and to say [the] king to(wards) Zadok [the] priest to see: seer you(m. s.) to return: return [emph?] [the] city in/on/with peace and Ahimaaz son: child your and Jonathan son: child Abiathar two son: child your with you
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar.
28 to see: behold! I to delay (in/on/with plain *QK) [the] wilderness till to come (in): come word from from with you to/for to tell to/for me
See, I will wait at the fords of the Arabah until word comes from you to inform me.”
29 and to return: return Zadok and Abiathar [obj] ark [the] God Jerusalem and to dwell there
So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back into Jerusalem, and they stayed there.
30 and David to ascend: rise in/on/with ascent [the] (Mount of) Olives to ascend: rise and to weep and head to/for him to cover and he/she/it to go: went barefoot and all [the] people which with him to cover man: anyone head his and to ascend: rise to ascend: rise and to weep
But David ascended barefoot and weeping up the Mount of Olives, and he had his head covered. Every man of the people who were with him covered his head, and they went up weeping as they walked.
31 and David to tell to/for to say Ahithophel in/on/with to conspire with Absalom and to say David be foolish please [obj] counsel Ahithophel LORD
Someone told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “O Yahweh, please turn Ahithophel's advice into foolishness.”
32 and to be David to come (in): come till [the] head: top which to bow there to/for God and behold to/for to encounter: meet him Hushai [the] Archite to tear tunic his and land: soil upon head his
It came about that when David arrived at the top of the road, where God used to be worshiped, Hushai the Arkite came to meet him with his coat torn and earth on his head.
33 and to say to/for him David if to pass with me and to be upon me to/for burden
David said to him, “If you travel with me, then you will be a burden to me.
34 and if [the] city to return: return and to say to/for Absalom servant/slave your I [the] king to be servant/slave father your and I from the past and now and I servant/slave your and to break to/for me [obj] counsel Ahithophel
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, king, as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant,' then you will confuse Ahithophel's advice for me.
35 and not with you there Zadok and Abiathar [the] priest and to be all [the] word which to hear: hear from house: home [the] king to tell to/for Zadok and to/for Abiathar [the] priest
Will you not have the priests Zadok and Abiathar with you? So whatever you hear in the king's palace, you must tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 behold there with them two son: child their Ahimaaz to/for Zadok and Jonathan to/for Abiathar and to send: depart in/on/with hand: by their to(wards) me all word which to hear: hear
See that they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son. You must send to me by their hand everything that you hear.”
37 and to come (in): come Hushai friend David [the] city and Absalom to come (in): come Jerusalem
So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city as Absalom arrived and entered into Jerusalem.
