2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
In Context
5Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said: 'Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
Esther 1:21And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;
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 →