2 Samuel 15:8

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.’”

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WEBBE

For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”

BSB

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

KJV

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

ASV

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

BBE

For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.

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כִּי־ ki- for H3588 נֵדֶר ne·der a vow H5088 נָדַר na·dar he vowed H5087 עַבְדְּךָ 'av·de·kha servant your H5650 בְּשִׁבְתִּי be·shiv·ti when dwelt I H3427 בִגְשׁוּר vig·shur at Geshur H1650 בַּאֲרָם ba·'a·ram in Aram H758 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 אִם־ 'im- if H518 יָשׁוֹב ye·shov certainly (to dwell) H3427 יְשִׁיבֵנִי ye·shi·ve·ni he will bring back me H7725 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 יְרוּשָׁלִַם ye·ru·sha·lim Jerusalem H3389 וְעָבַדְתִּי ve·'a·vad·ti and I will serve H5647 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 בְּחֶבְרוֹן be·chev·ron in Hebron H2275

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–12

See how willing tender parents are to believe the best concerning their children. But how easy and how wicked is it, for children to take advantage of good parents, and to deceive them with the show of religion! The principal men of Jerusalem joined Absalom's feast upon his sacrifice. Pious persons are glad to see others appear religious, and this gives occasion for deceptions. The policy of wicked men, and the subtlety of Satan, are exerted to draw good persons to countenance base designs.

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Cross-references

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People & places

JerusalemAramGeshur

Topics

CovenantVowsSyriaConsecration

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.