King James Version
2 Samuel 15:33 in the King James Version says “Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:”
2 Samuel 15:33 · KJV
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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
“If thou passest on”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“with me then thou shalt be a burden”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
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