2 Samuel 16:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 16:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 16:15 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 16:15 — KJV
“And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.”
— 2 Samuel 16:15 (KJV)
2 Samuel 16:15 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 16:15
“And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. seated: Heb. cieled”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:15: people, men, israel
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:15: people, men, israel
“And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:15: people, men, israel
“And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:15: people, men, israel
“Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: Seraiah: also called, Azariah Reelaiah: or, Raamiah Mispar: or, Mispereth Rehum: or, Nehum”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:15: people, men, israel
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