2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying was right in the eyes of Absolom, —and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:21Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,—because ye have taken pity upon me.
Esther 1:21And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and the rulers,—and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
Romans 1:32Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God,—that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising [them].
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 →