2 Samuel 15:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, ‘Please let me go to Hebron to fulfil a vow I made to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite;
his second was Chileab, by Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third was Absalom, son of Maacah the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!
You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today, hoping to make your voice heard on high.
He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ‘Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.’ ,
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ,
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.