2 Samuel 15:14-17

Contemporary English Version

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.”

^16-17 David left behind ten of his wives^[a] 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.