7It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, |Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.


In Context

4 Absalom said moreover, |Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!|

5 It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

6 Absalom 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.

7 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, |Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

8 For 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.'|

9 The king said to him, |Go in peace.| So he arose, and went to Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:7At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, "Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord .

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:7And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:7And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:7And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay in Hebron my vow which I have vowed to Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:7And 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 the LORD, in Hebron.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:7And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.