2 Samuel 15:8

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For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram:‘If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 13:37-38 : 37 But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day. 38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.
  • Gen 28:20-21 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear, 21 and I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will become my God.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
  • 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 If you have no desire to worship the LORD, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 14:23 : 23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 14:32 : 32 Absalom said to Joab,“Look, I sent a message to you saying,‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:“Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”
  • Ps 56:12 : 12 I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,
  • Eccl 5:4 : 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 For you say,“We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me. 4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him. 5 One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’

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

  • 2 Sam 15:9
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    9The king replied to him,“Go in peace.” So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 16:19
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    19Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

  • 2 Sam 15:34
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    29The king swore an oath:“As certainly as the LORD lives(he who has rescued me from every danger),

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  • 1 Kgs 8:24-26
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    24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    25Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’

    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

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    32Absalom said to Joab,“Look, I sent a message to you saying,‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:“Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

  • 2 Sam 19:36-37
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    36I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

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