2 Samuel 17:5
Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
In Context
4And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:
2 Samuel 16:16Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:2-15
Hushai's Counsel. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 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. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and… Read the whole commentary →