Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 15:33
2 Samuel 15:33 is verse 33 of 2 Samuel chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
King James Version
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
World English Bible
David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
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2 Samuel 15:31–35 · Berean Standard Bible
31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
32 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?