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2 Samuel 15:7

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15:7After four10 years Absalom said to the king, “Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the Lord while I was in Hebron.

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  1. 10 The has here “forty,” but this is presumably a scribal error for “four.” The context will not tolerate a period of forty years prior to the rebellion of Absalom. The Lucianic Greek recension (τέσσαρα ἔτη, tessara ete), the (’arba’ sanin), and (post quattuor autem annos) in fact have the expected reading “four years.” Most English translations follow the versions in reading “four” here, although some (e.g. , , , ), following the , read “forty.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

After four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill a vow I made to him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It happened at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have made to Yahweh in Hebron,

KJV 1900King James Version

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.