^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. ^15:8For I made this vow¹¹ when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem,¹² I will serve the Lord.’ ” ^15:9The king replied to him, “Go in peace.” So Absalom¹³ got up and went to Hebron.

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Footnotes

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.”
11 Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.
12 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
13 Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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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. For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.’ ” The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to 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. While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.’ ”

The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.

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. For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.’ ”

“Go in peace,” the king said to him. So he went to Hebron.

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. For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the Lord in Hebron if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”

“All right,” the king told him. “Go and fulfill your vow.”

So Absalom went to Hebron.

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, for your servant made a vow while I was staying in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If Yahweh will indeed let me return to Jerusalem, then I will worship Yahweh.’ ” Then the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he got up and went to 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. For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord. And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

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