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2 Samuel 17:4

Absalom

2 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.

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

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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.

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BSB
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
KJV
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
WEB
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
ASV
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
DARBY
And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
BLB
And the saying was good in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
ÅB
Dette råd syntes Absalom og alle Israels eldste godt om.
OTB
Absalom og alle Israels eldste syntes rådet var godt.
B1930
Dette råd syntes Absalom og alle Israels eldste godt om.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 23:21

    And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

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  • Esther 5:14

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:20–21

    And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

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  • Romans 1:32

    Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

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  • Esther 1:21

    And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:4

    And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

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