2 Samuel 17:2
1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- KJV
- And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
- WEB
- I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
- ASV
- and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
- DARBY
- and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
- BLB
- And I will come upon him, and he is weary and weak handed, and I will cause him to tremble, and all the people will flee who [are] with him. And I will strike the king by himself,
- ÅB
- Da kan jeg komme over ham mens han er utmattet og motløs, og forferde ham, og alt folket som er med ham, vil flykte, og så kan jeg slå kongen alene,
- OTB
- Jeg vil komme over ham mens han er trett og motløs, og jeg vil skremme ham så alle de som er med ham flykter. Så vil jeg slå kongen alene,
- B1930
- Da kan jeg komme over ham mens han er utmattet og motløs, og forferde ham, og alt folket som er med ham, vil flykte, og så kan jeg slå kongen alene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
Read in context2 Samuel 16:14
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
Read in contextMatthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Read in contextZechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Read in contextJohn 11:50
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:18
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Read in contextMatthew 21:38
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Read in contextJohn 18:4–8
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
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