2 Samuel 17:3

וְאָשִׁיבָה כָל ־ הָעָם אֵלֶיךָ כְּשׁוּב הַכֹּל הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ כָּל ־ הָעָם יִהְיֶה שָׁלֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וְאָבוֹא עָלָיו וְהוּא יָגֵעַ וּרְפֵה יָדַיִם וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּי אֹתוֹ וְנָס כָּל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ אִתּוֹ וְהִכֵּיתִי אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְבַדּֽוֹ ׃

4וַיִּישַׁר הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי אַבְשָׁלֹם וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל ־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

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Cross References

Isaiah 48:22אֵין שָׁלוֹם אָמַר יְהוָה לָרְשָׁעִֽים ׃ ס

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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