2 Samuel 15:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 15:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 15:20 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 15:20 — KJV
“Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. go up...: Heb. wander in going”
— 2 Samuel 15:20 (KJV)
2 Samuel 15:20 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 15:20
“Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. slay...: Heb. smite him in life in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 15:20: whereas, yesterday, day
“And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. a while: Heb. to day”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 15:20: day, down, may
“And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 15:20: should, make, down
“Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Take: Heb. Bring”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 15:20: day, make, take
“In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 15:20: day, down, return
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