Either to rest and refresh themselves a little; or rather, in expectation of others who should or would come after him, that they might march away in a considerable body, which might both defend the king, and invite others to come in to their assistance. A place that was far off; at some convenient distance, but not very far.
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2 Samuel 15:17
17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.