2 Samuel 15:14-16

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ¹  “Come on! ²  Let’s escape! ³  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁴  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁵  15:15 The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.” ⁶ 

15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court ⁷  set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines ⁸  to attend to the palace.

[15:14]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ² tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ³ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”

[15:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “and all his house.”

[15:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “women, concubines.”