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2 Samuel 16:15

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Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

KJV

And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 16

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The men of Israel - These words are wanting in the Chaldee, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and Arabic, and in two of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS.

This site's exposition

came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him

The scene turns from David's hillside to Absalom's arrival at Jerusalem with Ahithophel beside him, the counsellor David had prayed against earlier in his flight, that the Lord would turn his counsel into foolishness. That prayer is not answered in this one clause. It is answered through the man David sent back into the city for exactly this purpose, Hushai, who enters in the very next verse. The chapter now sets two counsellors against each other in Absalom's court while the fate of David's prayer still hangs in the balance.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), extremely elevated, no doubt, with this success at first, and that that in which, when he formed his design, he probably apprehended the greatest difficulty, was so easily and effectually done. Now that he is master of Jerusalem he concludes all his own, the country will follow of course.

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And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Professing, however, with great address, to consider it his duty to support the cause which the course of Providence and the national will had seemingly decreed should triumph, and urging his friendship for the father as a ground of confidence in his fidelity to the son, he persuaded Absalom of his sincerity, and was admitted among the councillors of the new king.

The words behind it

9 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.

  • וְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹםand Absalom

    veavshalomH53 →110 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָם֙the people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בָּ֖אוּthey came

    bauH935 →2568 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלand Ahithophel

    vaachitofelH302 →20 times

  • אִתּֽוֹ׃[was] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

7 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 15:31

      Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

    • Psalms 41:9

      Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

    • Joshua 15:51

      Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

    • Titus 1:16

      They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

    • Psalms 55:12–14

      For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 15:37

    So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 27:33

      Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

    • 2 Samuel 16:15–16

      Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

Where this verse is studied

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 16 →

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

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