2 Samuel 17:5
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32And when David had ascended to the summit of the mountain, where he was going to adore the Lord, behold Hushai the Archite met him, with his garment torn and his head covered with soil.
2 Samuel 16:16And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had gone to Absalom, he said to him: “May you be well, O king! May you be well, O 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 →