2 Samuel 17:5
And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
Darby Translation
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 right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32And it came to pass, when David had come to the summit, where he worshipped God, that behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
2 Samuel 16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live 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 →