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2 Samuel 17:5

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Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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This verse in 2 Samuel 17

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

This proposal seemed good to Absalom

on 2 Samuel 17:4-6

The proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel, yet he calls for Hushai before acting on it. David had sent Hushai back at 15:32-37 to thwart Ahithophel's advice, and this council is the test of that charge.

This site's exposition

Summon Hushai the Archite as well

Absalom said to summon Hushai as well, and Matthew Henry allows Absalom thought he was wise to hear what he too had to say. Henry then applies Job 5:13, repeated at 1 Corinthians 3:19, that God traps the crafty in their own schemes. The step let David's friend give advice.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): Let us hear what he saith. Herein he thought he did wisely (two heads are better than one), but God taketh the wise in their own craftiness. See Mr. Poole's note on this.

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Then said Absalom, call now Hushai the Archite also,....

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםAbsalom

    ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

  • קְרָ֣אsummon

    kera'H7121 →733 times

  • נָ֔אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • גַּ֖םalso

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • לְחוּשַׁ֣י<to> Hushai

    lechushaiH2365 →14 times

  • הָאַרְכִּ֑יthe Arkite

    haarkiH757 →6 times

  • וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥הso let us hear

    venishmeahH8085 →1159 times

  • מַה־what?

    mah-H4100 →752 times

  • בְּפִ֖יו[is] in mouth his

    befivH6310 →498 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • הֽוּא׃he

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

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Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 17 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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