2 Samuel 15:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

2 Samuel 15:17 —

Old words in this verse

tarry: — stay, wait.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 3:1-2
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. …
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Psalms 66:12
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-23)

Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom’s rebellion, 2 Sam. 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was; for he was told that the hearts of the men of Israel (that is, the generality of them, at least the leading men) were after Absalom. But David was the more apt to believe it because now he could ca…