2 Samuel 17:1 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 17:1

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This night - The night of the day on which David fled, and Absalom entered into Jerusalem. Ahithophel’s idea was to fall upon David by surprise, and in the first confusion of the surprised army to seize and kill David only.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let that one man die for the people, John xi. Kill the heir, and the inheritance shall be ours, Matt. xxi. But the counsel of them both was turned into foolishness.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But his dexterity was chiefly displayed in that part of his counsel which recommended a general levy throughout the country; and that Absalom should take command of it in person--thereby flattering at once the pride and ambition of the usurper. The bait was caught by the vainglorious and wicked prince.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל	'a.chi.To.fel	Ahithophel	H302 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה	'ev.cha.Rah	let me choose	H977 →
נָּ֗א	Na'	please	H4994 →
שְׁנֵים־	she.neim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֥ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
אֶ֙לֶף֙	'e.lef	thousand	H505 →
אִ֔ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
וְאָק֛וּמָה	ve.'a.Ku.mah	and I will arise	H6965 →
וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥ה	ve.'er.de.Fah	and I will pursue	H7291 →
אַחֲרֵי־	'a.cha.rei-	after	H310 →
דָוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃	ha.La.ye.lah	this night	H3915 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:24
  When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Psalms 3:5
  I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Job 11:18–19
  You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- Psalms 16:8–9
  I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Through
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
leads to
- Psalms 36:4
  Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Micah 2:1
  Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Isaiah 57:20
  But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Samuel