2 Samuel 15:28

What does 2 Samuel 15:28 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 15:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me.

Context

v.27The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

v.28This passage

v.29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 15:23

    And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

  • 2 Samuel 17:16

    Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

  • 2 Samuel 16:2

    And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

  • 2 Samuel 17:1

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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