2 Samuel 15:32
And when David was come to the top of the mountain, where he was about to adore the Lord, behold Chusai the Arachite, came to meet him with his garment rent and his head covered with earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
33And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me:
Cross References
Joshua 16:2And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,
2 Samuel 13:19And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying.
2 Samuel 16:15But Absalom and all his people came into Jerusalem, and Achitophel was with him.
2 Samuel 17:5But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
1 Kings 8:44If thy people go out to war against their enemies, by what way soever thou shalt send them, they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city, which thou hast chosen, and towards the house, which I have built to thy name:
1 Chronicles 27:33And Achitophel was the king's counsellor, and Chusai the Arachite, the king's friend.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 15:32-37
David's Request to Hushai. ( b. c. 1023.) 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord , I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou return to the… Read the whole commentary →