17And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:


In Context

14 And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake us, and bring ruin upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

15 And the king's servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute.

16 And the king went forth, and all his household on foot: and the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house:

17 And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

18 And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant warriors, six hundred men who had followed him from Geth on foot, went before the king.

19 And the king said to Ethai the Gethite: Why comest thou with us? return and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and art come out of thy own place.

2 Samuel 15:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:17So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at a place some distance away.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed at the remote house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.