2 Samuel 17:4
And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
In Context
5But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.
Esther 1:21His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.
Romans 1:32Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.
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 →