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2 Samuel 15:7-9
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 15:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 It happened at the end of four[a] years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have made to Yahweh in Hebron, 8 for your servant made a vow while I was staying in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If Yahweh will indeed let me return[b] to Jerusalem, then I will worship Yahweh.’” 9 Then the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he got up and went to Hebron.
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- 2 Samuel 15:7 So LXX, followed by Syriac and Vulgate; MT has “forty”
- 2 Samuel 15:8 Literally (following Qere) “If returning Yahweh will return me”
2 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
2 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
7 At the end of four[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord. 8 While your servant was living at Geshur(A) in Aram, I made this vow:(B) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.[b]’”
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty
- 2 Samuel 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.
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