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


In Context

14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin upon us and put the city to the sword."

15 The king's officials answered him, "Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses."

16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace.

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

18 All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.

19 The king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.

2nd Samuel 15:17 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

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.