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2 Samuel 15:34 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’ "

2 Samuel 15:34

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32 When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.

33 David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;

34 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’

35 Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”

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2 Samuel 16:21

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"Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”"

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2 Samuel 17:6

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"When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”"

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1 Kings 2:26

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"To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord GOD’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”"

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1 Samuel 22:14

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"Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?"

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2 Chronicles 7:18

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"then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’"

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1 Samuel 27:5

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"David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”"

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2 Samuel 15:1

"After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him."

2 Samuel 15:2

"Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”"

2 Samuel 15:3

"Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”"

2 Samuel 15:4

"Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”"

2 Samuel 15:5

"It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him."

2 Samuel 15:6

"Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel."

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