2 Samuel 15:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, “Pray let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And after [four] years, Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go to Hebron [his birthplace] and pay my vow to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

Common English Bible

⁷ At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron so I can fulfill a promise I made to the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then, after forty years, Absalom said to king David: "I should go and pay my vows, which I have vowed to the Lord at Hebron.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:38

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

2 Samuel 3:2

And sons were born to David at Hebron: his first-born was Amnon, of Ahino-am of Jezreel;

2 Samuel 3:3

and his second, Chile-ab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.

Isaiah 58:4

Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.

Matthew 2:8

and he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.