2 Samuel 16:14
12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
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
- Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
- KJV
- And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
- WEB
- The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
- ASV
- And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
- DARBY
- And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
- BLB
- And the king and all the people who [were] with him arrived weary, and he refreshed himself there.
- ÅB
- Og kongen og alt folket som var med ham, dro inn i Ajefim og hvilte der.
- OTB
- Og kongen og alt folket som var med ham kom frem trette, og han forfrisket seg der.
- B1930
- Og kongen og alt folket som var med ham, drog inn i Ajefim og hvilte der.