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2 Samuel 17:6

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So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 17

Commentary

4 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

Should we carry it out?

Absalom tells Hushai the whole plan first. John Gill takes the invitation as leave to speak freely, without fear of giving offence. The telling also hands David's agent the exact scheme he will report to Zadok and Abiathar at verse 15.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And when Hushai was come to Absalom,.... Into the council chamber, very probably: Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; and then related the counsel he had given as before: shall we do after his saying? is it right to proceed on this scheme, and carry it into execution? if not, speak thou; thy mind freely, without any reserve, or fear of giving any offence.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • וַיָּבֹ֣אand he came

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • חוּשַׁי֮Hushai

    chushaiH2365 →14 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒Absalom

    ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

  • וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אַבְשָׁל֨וֹםAbsalom

    ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

  • אֵלָ֜יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כַּדָּבָ֤רaccording to the word

    kadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַזֶּה֙<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • דִּבֶּ֣רhe has spoken

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶלAhithophel

    ʾachitofelH302 →20 times

  • הֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖ה¿ will we do

    hanaasehH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דְּבָר֑וֹword his

    devaroH1697 →1440 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • אַ֖יִןnot

    ʾayinH369 →789 times

  • אַתָּ֥הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • דַבֵּֽר׃ סspeak

    daberH1696 →1141 times

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

Where this verse is studied

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Studies1

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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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