2Sa 15:7 | TNotes | STEP | 15:7 After four years: Hebrew reads forty years, which would put Absalom’s uprising in David’s last year as king and create many chronological difficulties with events that happened afterward (also see study note on 15:1-19). The Greek and Syriac reading is much more likely. • fulfill a vow: Unlike the freewill offering of devotion and gratitude that a worshiper promised to God, this type of offering was to fulfill a promise to God (see Gen 28:20-22 ; Judg 11:30-31 ; 1 Sam 1:11 ). Absalom was probably lying (cp. 1 Sam 20:28-29 ).

bGen 28:20-22►

cJudg 11:30-31►

d1 Sam 1:11►

e1 Sam 20:28-29►

‏ 2 Samuel 15:7

15:7 ^a After four years: Hebrew reads forty years, which would put Absalom’s uprising in David’s last year as king and create many chronological difficulties with events that happened afterward (also see study note on 15:1-19). The Greek and Syriac reading is much more likely.

• fulfill a vow: Unlike the freewill offering of devotion and gratitude that a worshiper promised to God, this type of offering was to fulfill a promise to God (see Gen 28:20-22 ^b; Judg 11:30-31 ^c; 1 Sam 1:11 ^d). Absalom was probably lying (cp. 1 Sam 20:28-29 ^e).