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2 Samuel 15:7

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.

KJV

Post quadraginta autem annos, dixit Absalom ad regem David : Vadam, et reddam vota mea quæ vovi Domino in Hebron.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τέλους τεσσεράκοντα ἐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Πορεύσομαι δὴ καὶ ἀποτίσω τὰς εὐχάς μου ἃς ηὐξάμην τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν Χεβρών·

LXX

And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֕י מִ/קֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֗א וַ/אֲשַׁלֵּ֛ם אֶת נִדְרִ֛/י אֲשֶׁר נָדַ֥רְתִּי לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה בְּ/חֶבְרֽוֹן

Hebrew

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People Absalom

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
חֶבְר֖וֹן
chbrvn
proper_noun · 70×
י
y
noun · 59×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תִּדֹּ֨ר
tdr
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 58:4 — Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
  • Jonah 2:9 — But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
  • Num 21:2 — And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
  • Ps 109:7 — When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.