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2 Samuel 15:17

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The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

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2 Samuel 15:17 in other translations

And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

2 Samuel 15:17 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 15:17 in context

  1. 15The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
  2. 16The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
  3. 17The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
  4. 18All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
  5. 19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.