2 Samuel 17:3

and bring everybody else back to you. When everybody returns apart from the one man you're after, the whole country will be at peace.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I'll attack him while he is tired and weak. I'll catch him by surprise and all his men will run away. I'll only kill the king

4This plan looked good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 48:22The wicked have no peace, says the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:3When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

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 →

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