World English Bible
2 Samuel 15:33
“David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 15
Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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