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2 Samuel 15:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’” "

2 Samuel 15:8

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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.

7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.

8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”

9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.

10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”

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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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