2 Samuel 15:9
7 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.
8 For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
“Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
- KJV
- And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
- WEB
- The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
- ASV
- And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
- DARBY
- And the king said to him, Go in peace. And he rose up and went to Hebron.
- BLB
- And the king said to him, “Go in peace.” And he arose and went to Hebron.
- ÅB
- Kongen svarte: Gå i fred! Så gjorde han seg rede og dro til Hebron.
- OTB
- Og kongen svarte, "Gå trygt." Så reiste han seg og dro til Hebron.
- B1930
- Kongen svarte: Gå i fred! Så gjorde han sig rede og drog til Hebron.