2 Samuel 15:7
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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.After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
In other translations
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.After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961מִקֵּץmiketzfrom [the] end ofH7093אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705שָׁנָהshanahyear[s]H8141וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֵלֲכָה'elakhahlet me goH1980נָּאna'pleaseH4994וַאֲשַׁלֵּםva'ashalemso I may payH7999אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853נִדְרִיnidrivow myH5088אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834נָדַרְתִּיnadartiI vowedH5087לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068בְּחֶבְרוֹן׃bechevronin HebronH2275
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Related verses
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- Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
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People and places
People: Absalom
Places: Hebron