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


In Context

14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, |Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.|

15 The king's servants said to the king, |Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.|

16 The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.

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

18 All 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.

19 Then 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.

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 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 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.