2 Samuel 17:7 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 17:7

Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Hushai said to Absalom,.... Having leave to give his opinion freely: the counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time; he owns that Ahithophel was a good counsellor, and that the counsel he gave was for the most part, if not always, good, but what he gave at this time was not so; the wisest of men may sometimes be mistaken. Abarbinel thinks he respects his former counsel, particularly that that was good, advising him to defile his father's bed, 2Sa 16:21; but this was not, for which he gives the following reasons.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

At this time - Rather, “The counsel which Ahithophel has given this time is not good.” He contrasts it with that given before 2Sa 16:21, which was good. This gave an appearance of candour to his conduct, and so gave weight to his dissent. Observe the working of David’s prayer 2Sa 15:31.

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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
חוּשַׁ֖י	chu.Shai	Hushai	H2365 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
טוֹבָ֧ה	to.Vah	[is] good	H2896 →
הָעֵצָ֛ה	ha.'e.Tzah	the counsel	H6098 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
יָעַ֥ץ	ya.'Atz	he has counseled	H3289 →
אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל	'a.chi.To.fel	Ahithophel	H302 →
בַּפַּ֥עַם	ba.Pa.'am	at the time	H6471 →
הַזֹּֽאת׃	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →

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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
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
leads to
- Psalms 82:3–4
  Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 24:11–12
  Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Jeremiah 38:7–10
  Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 26:24
  Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Esther 4:13–16
  he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

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

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04Related verses

06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 2 Samuel