King James Version
2 Samuel 15:26 in the King James Version says “But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.”
2 Samuel 15:26 · KJV
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I have no delight”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
“in thee behold here am I let him do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“to me as seemeth”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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