14 Then David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Up, and let us flee: for we shall not escape from [a]Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he come suddenly and take us, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

15 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, thy servants are ready to do according to all that my lord the king shall [b]appoint.

16 So the king departed and all his household [c]after him, and the king left ten concubines to keep the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:14 Whose heart he saw that Satan had so possessed, that he would leave no mischief unattempted.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:15 Hebrew, choose.
  3. 2 Samuel 15:16 Hebrew, at his feet.

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