◄ 2 Samuel 19:15 ►
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Good News Translation
On his way back the king was met at the Jordan River by the men of Judah, who had come to Gilgal to escort him across the river.

New Revised Standard Version
So the king came back to the Jordan; and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring him over the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
David started back and had gone as far as the Jordan River when he met the people of Judah. They had gathered at Gilgal and had come to help him cross the river.

New American Bible
So the king returned, and when he reached the Jordan, Judah had come to Gilgal to meet him and to bring him across the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan, and all Juda came as far as Galgal to meet the king, and to bring him over the Jordan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan, and all Juda came as far as Galgal to meet the king, and to bring him over the Jordan.

Gilgal

Joshua 5:9 And the Lord said to Joshua: This day have I taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. And the name of that place was called Galgal, until this present day.

1 Samuel 11:14,15 And Samuel said to the people: Come, and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there. . . .

Context
David Restored as King
…14And he inclined the heart of all the men of Juda, as it were of one man: and they sent to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants. 15And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan, and all Juda came as far as Galgal to meet the king, and to bring him over the Jordan.
Cross References
Joshua 5:9
And the Lord said to Joshua: This day have I taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. And the name of that place was called Galgal, until this present day.

1 Samuel 11:14
And Samuel said to the people: Come, and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.

1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

2 Samuel 19:14
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