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And 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.
2 Samuel 15:7 — KJV
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2 Samuel 15:7
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
2 Samuel 15:7
Verse 7 of 37
Commentary
Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:7
Theological / DevotionalForty years. The Lucian edition of the LXX and the Syriac here read “4 years.” This is also the figure given by Josephus (Antiquities vii. 9. 1). It is not clear from what point these four years are to be reckoned, but it probably was from Absalom’s return to Jerusalem. If so, two years had been spent in conspiring for the throne, preparing the way by flatteries (see 2 Samuel 14:28).
Go and pay my vow. Such a request would have a particular appeal to David. But it was a cloak of religious devotion to conceal Absalom’s traitorous designs.
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