2 Samuel 15:8
for thy servant vowed, a vow, while I abode in Geshur in Syria, saying,—If Yahweh, will but bring me back, unto Jerusalem, then will I serve Yahweh,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9And the king said unto him—Go and prosper! So he arose and went to Hebron.
Cross References
Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,—If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on;
Joshua 24:15But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, to-day, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling,—but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.
1 Samuel 16:2And Samuel said, How can I go? As soon as Saul heareth, he will slay me. Then said Yahweh, A heifer, take thou with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto Yahweh, am I come.
2 Samuel 13:38But, Absolom, had fled, and had taken his journey to Geshur,—and it came to pass that he was there three years.
2 Samuel 14:32And Absolom said unto Joab—Lo! I sent unto thee, saying—Come hither, that I may send thee unto the king, saying—Wherefore, am I come from Geshur? I, might as well have yet been there. Now, therefore, let me see the face of the king, and, if there is in me iniquity, then let him put me to death.
Ecclesiastes 5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards,—what thou vowest, pay!
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 15:8-13
Absalom's Rebellion. ( b. c. 1023.) 7 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. 8 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 . 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the… Read the whole commentary →