2 Samuel 17:9

For, 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.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

In Context

8And Chusi said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, + 17:8 Heb. and Alex. omit the wods in italics. and as a wild boar in the plain: and your father is a man of war, and will not give the people rest.

10Then 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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Cross References

Joshua 8:6And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.

1 Samuel 14:14And the first + 14:14 Gr. stroke. slaughter which Jonathan and his armor-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and + 14:14 Gr. casters of stones. slings, and pebbles of the field.

1 Samuel 23:22Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which you⌃ spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily.

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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