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.

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At the end of four[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty

Now it came to pass (A)after [a]forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please, let me go to (B)Hebron and pay the vow which I made to the Lord.

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  1. 2 Samuel 15:7 LXX mss., Syr., Josephus four

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.

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While your servant was living at Geshur(A) in Aram, I made this vow:(B) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.[a]’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.

(A)For your servant (B)took a vow (C)while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the Lord indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’ ”

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