2 Samuel 16:17 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 16:17

“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”

BSB

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ASV

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

KJV

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Professing, however, with great address, to consider it his duty to support the cause which the course of Providence and the national will had seemingly decreed should triumph, and urging his friendship for the father as a ground of confidence in his fidelity to the son, he persuaded Absalom of his sincerity, and was admitted among the councillors of the new king.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Is this - Doth this action answer that profession of friendship which thou hast hitherto made to him? He speaks thus only to try him. And he saith, thy friend, by way of reflection upon David; as one who was a friend to Hushai, and to strangers but not to his own son, whom, by his severity he provoked to this course; and therefore he doth not vouchsafe to call him his father.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙	'av.sha.lOm	Absalom	H53 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
חוּשַׁ֔י	chu.Shai	Hushai	H2365 →
זֶ֥ה	zeh	[is] this	H2088 →
חַסְדְּךָ֖	chas.de.Kha	loyalty your	H2617 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
רֵעֶ֑ךָ	re.'E.kha	friend your	H7453 →
לָ֥מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָלַ֖כְתָּ	ha.Lakh.ta	did you go	H1980 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
רֵעֶֽךָ׃	re.'E.kha	friend your	H7453 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
leads to
- Proverbs 17:17
  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Proverbs 27:9
  Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- 2 Samuel 1:26
  I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- 2 Samuel 9:1–13
  Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
Through
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:24
  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- John 15:13–14
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
leads to
- Isaiah 63:16
  Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Samuel