2 Samuel 17:5
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם קְרָא נָא גַּם לְחוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי וְנִשְׁמְעָה מַה ־ בְּפִיו גַּם ־ הֽוּא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
In Context
4וַיִּישַׁר הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי אַבְשָׁלֹם וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל ־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32וַיְהִי דָוִד בָּא עַד ־ הָרֹאשׁ אֲשֶֽׁר ־ יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה שָׁם לֵאלֹהִים וְהִנֵּה לִקְרָאתוֹ חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי קָרוּעַ כֻּתָּנְתּוֹ וַאֲדָמָה עַל ־ רֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃
2 Samuel 16:16וַיְהִי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר ־ בָּא חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי רֵעֶה דָוִד אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלֹם יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ יְחִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
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 →