2 Samuel 17:5
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32And 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.
2 Samuel 16:16And when Chusai the Arachite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save thee, O king, God save thee, 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 →