2 Samuel 17:10

Then even he that is + 17:10 Gr. a son of strength. strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, —it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father is mighty, and they that are with him are mighty men.

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In The King James Version

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

In Context

9For, behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some other place: and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that some one will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Abessalom.

11For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to you from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that your presence + 17:11 Gr. going. go in the midst of them.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9+ 49:9 The terminations of proper names are occasionally varied. Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you are gone up, having couched you lie as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?

Numbers 24:8God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall + 24:8 Gr. suck the marrow out of their fat bones drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

Joshua 2:9and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to you to Wife, only be you to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

2 Samuel 23:20And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and he struck the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and struck a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Song of Solomon 3:7Behold Solomon's bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.

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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