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2 Samuel 15:7

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

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2 Samuel 15:7 in other translations

And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:7 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 15:7 in context

  1. 5It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
  2. 6Absalom 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.
  3. 7At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
  4. 8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’ ”
  5. 9The king said to him, “Go in peace.”
    So he arose, and went to Hebron.