1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Samuel 15:17 And the king going forth, and all Israel, on foot, stood afar off from the house:

House, or palace, (Haydock) at the foot of the walls, (Calmet) that all who were well disposed, might join the king's standard. Hebrew, "in a place that was far off;" (Haydock) or, "this house of flight (this family of David, in flight) stopped." (Calmet)