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2 Samuel 15:20 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 15 · verse 20
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.2 Samuel 15:20 · King James Version
2 Samuel 15:20 in context
18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
20Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
22And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- yesterdaytᵉmôwlproperly, agoH8543 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- camestbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- mercychêçêdkindnessH2617 →
- truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
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Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom's rebellion, Sa2 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23