2 Samuel 15:34
but if you shall return to the city, and shall say to Abessalom, Your brethren are passed over, and the king your father is passed over after me: and now I am your servant, O king, suffer me to live: at one time even of late I was the servant of your father, and now I am your humble servant—so shall you disconcert for me, the counsel of Achitophel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
33And David said to him, If you should go over with me, then will you be a burden to me;
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:20+ 15:20 Gr. it. Whereas you came yesterday, shall I today cause you to travel with us, and shall you thus change your place? you did come forth yesterday, and today shall I set you in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go wherever I may go: return then, and cause your brethren to return with you, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with you.
2 Samuel 16:19And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of your father, so will I be in your presence.
2 Samuel 17:7And Chusi said to Abessalom, This counsel which Achitophel has counselled this one time is not good.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 15:32-37
David's Request to Hushai. ( b. c. 1023.) 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord , I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou return to the… Read the whole commentary →