2-Samuel - 15:15



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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 15:15.

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And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.
And the king's servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute.
And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants will do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall appoint.
And the servants of the king say unto the king, 'According to all that my lord the king chooseth, lo, thy servants do.'
And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.
And the servants of the king said to him, "Everything whatsoever that our lord the king will command, we your servants shall carry out willingly."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the king's servants said unto the king,.... In answer to him, and to show that they were quite conformable to his pleasure:
behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shalt appoint; or "choose" (k), whether to prepare to fight, and defend him and the city, or to depart and make their escape.
(k) "elegerit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

As his servants declared themselves ready to follow him, the king went out of the city with all his family in his train (lit. at his feet, as in Judges 4:10, Judges 4:15, etc.), but left ten concubines behind to keep the palace.

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