2 Samuel 15:37
in 2 Samuel 15So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
KJV
So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseSo Hushai David's friend came into the city,.... The city of Jerusalem, by the direction and persuasion of David, and in obedience to him, in order to serve him to the uttermost: and Absalom came into Jerusalem: just at the same time; so that he knew not that Hushai had been out of it, and been with David, and which also appears from what he said to him, 2Sa 16:17.
This site's exposition
Zadok and Abiathar the priests
on 2 Samuel 15:35-37
David completes the network in one breath: Hushai reports to the priests, the priests send word by their two sons, and the whole chain runs back to the king in the wilderness. It is a plan built entirely on men Absalom has not managed to turn, two priests and their sons, and a friend who has just arrived. The chapter closes with Hushai walking into Jerusalem the same hour Absalom does, one loyal man now standing inside the enemy's own gate.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
), whither also Absalom soon after came with his forces. How soon do royal palaces and royal cities change their masters! But we look for a kingdom which cannot be thus shaken and in the possession of which we cannot be disturbed.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Absalom came into Jerusalem - It is very probable that he and his partisans were not far from the city when David left it, and this was one reason which caused him to hurry his departure. Reader, behold in the case of David a sad vicissitude of human affairs, and a fearful proof of their instability.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֥א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חוּשַׁ֛י | chushai | Hushai | H2365 → | 14 times |
| רֵעֶ֥ה | reeh | [the] friend of | H7463 → | |
| דָוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| הָעִ֑יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם | veavshalom | and Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| יָבֹ֖א | yavo' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
חוּשַׁ֛יHushai
chushaiH2365 →14 times
רֵעֶ֥ה[the] friend of
reehH7463 →
דָוִ֖דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
הָעִ֑ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔םand Absalom
veavshalomH53 →110 times
יָבֹ֖אhe came
yavo'H935 →2568 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:12
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- 2 Samuel 15:32
When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
- Psalms 55:13
But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
- 2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…
- 2 Samuel 16:16–17
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- 2 Samuel 15:12
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.