SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:20
¿Ayer viniste, y he de hacer hoy que mudes lugar para ir con nosotros? Yo voy como voy; tú vuélvete, y haz volver a tus hermanos; en ti hay misericordia y verdad.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:20
Verse 20. Mercy and truth be with thee.] May God ever show thee mercy, as thou showest it to me, and his truth ever preserve thee from error and delusion!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday , etc.] From Gath, or from an expedition he and his men had been on: should I this day make thee, go up and down with us ? wander up and down from place to place with David, when he was but just come off a journey, weary and fatigued: seeing I go whither I may ; where it will be most safe for me, I know not where; may be obliged to flee here and there, which would be very inconvenient to Ittai in his circumstances: return thou, and take back thy brethren ; the six hundred men under him, and whom David could ill spare at this time, and yet, consulting their ease, advises to return to Jerusalem with them: mercy and truth [be] with thee ; the Lord show mercy and kindness to thee, in that thou hast shown favour and respect to me, and make good all his promises to thee, who hast been true and faithful to me.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 13-23 - David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a peniten submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could justif himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God he must condem himself, and yield to his judgments. Thus he accepts the punishment of his sin. And good men, when they themselves suffer, are anxious tha others should not be led to suffer with them. He compelled none; thos whose hearts were with Absalom, to Absalom let them go, and so shal their doom be. Thus Christ enlists none but willing followers. Davi cannot bear to think that Ittai, a stranger and an exile, a proselyt and a new convert, who ought to be encouraged and made easy, shoul meet with hard usage. But such value has Ittai for David's wisdom an goodness, that he will not leave him. He is a friend indeed, who love at all times, and will adhere to us in adversity. Let us cleave to the Son of David, with full purpose of heart, and neither life nor deat shall separate us from his love.
Original Hebrew
תמול 8543 בואך 935 והיום 3117 אנועך 5128 עמנו 5973 ללכת 1980 ואני 589 הולך 1980 על 5921 אשׁר 834 אני 589 הולך 1980 שׁוב 7725 והשׁב 7725 את 853 אחיך 251 עמך 5973 חסד 2617 ואמת׃ 571
