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2 Samuel 17

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1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2And 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:

3And 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.

4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

6And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

9Behold, 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.

10And 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.

11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

12So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

13Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

15Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

18Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

19And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

22Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

27And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵלʼêlH41318× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֵתʼêthH85318× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83416× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אֲבִישָׁלוֹםʼĂbîyshâlôwmH5315× in this chapter

    Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55914× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • כֹּלkôlH360513× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • לֹאlôʼH380810× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH93510× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • דָּוִדDâvidH17329× in this chapter

    David, the youngest son of Jesse

  • עַלʻalH59219× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עַםʻamH59719× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • אֲחִיתֹפֶלʼĂchîythôphelH3028× in this chapter

    Achithophel, an Israelite

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34788× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • כִּיkîyH35888× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19807× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3767× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • עָבַרʻâbarH56747× in this chapter

    to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

  • אֵתʼêthH8547× in this chapter

    properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

  • בֵּןbênH11216× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • גַּםgamH15716× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • הוּאhûwʼH19316× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • חוּשַׁיChûwshayH23656× in this chapter

    Chushai, an Israelite

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20635× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2595× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יָעַץyâʻatsH32895× in this chapter

    to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

  • נָגַדnâgadH50465× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • עַדʻadH57045× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • עֵצָהʻêtsâhH60985× in this chapter

    advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

  • אָבʼâbH14× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16974× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • מֶלֶךְmelekH44284× in this chapter

    a king

  • עִירʻîyrH58924× in this chapter

    a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

  • קוּםqûwmH69654× in this chapter

    to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

  • הֵםhêmH19923× in this chapter

    they (only used when emphatic)

  • טוֹבṭôwbH28963× in this chapter

    good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • יַרְדֵּןYardênH33833× in this chapter

    Jarden, the principal river of Palestine

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