2 Samuel 17:3

and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”

Literal Standard Version

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

2and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,

4And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” said YHWH, “for the wicked!”

1 Thessalonians 5:3for when they may say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes [on] them, as the travail [on] her who is with child, and they will not 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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