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2 Samuel 16:18

in 2 Samuel 16

“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

KJV

And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

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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.

Whom the Lord and this people - choose - Here is an equivocation; Hushai meant in his heart that God and all the people of Israel had chosen David; but he spake so as to make Absalom believe that he spoke of him: for whatever of insincerity may appear in this, Hushai is alone answerable. What he says afterwards may be understood in the same way.

This site's exposition

God save the king

on 2 Samuel 16:16-19

Hushai's greeting doubles the very words Israel first shouted over Saul at his coronation, God save the king, God save the king, and this is the phrase's second occurrence in Scripture. He says it to Absalom's face while remaining David's man in his heart, and his answer at verse eighteen, whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, is built to let Absalom hear one name while Hushai means another. The older commentators call the dissimulation itself a kind of warfare, fought with words rather than a sword, waged on David's behalf inside the enemy's own council.

This site's exposition

the one chosen by the LORD

Hushai pledges himself to whomever the LORD and the people of Israel have chosen. Adam Clarke calls this an equivocation, for David was the king the LORD had chosen. Absalom heard loyalty to himself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Hushai said to Absalom,....

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

18 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.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • חוּשַׁי֮Hushai

    chushaiH2365 →14 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַבְשָׁלֹם֒Absalom

    ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

  • לֹ֕אIn-

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • כִּי֩deed

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨ר[the one] whom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בָּחַ֧רhe has chosen

    bacharH977 →171 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהָעָ֥םand the people

    vehaamH5971 →1873 times

  • הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְכָל־and every

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אִ֣ישׁ<the> man of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • ל֥וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • אֶהְיֶ֖הI will belong

    ʾehyehH1961 →3559 times

  • וְאִתּ֥וֹand with him

    veitoH854 →929 times

  • אֵשֵֽׁב׃I will remain

    ʾeshevH3427 →1079 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

5 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

    1 Samuel 16:13

    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 10:6

      Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

    • Hebrews 1:9

      You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

    • John 3:34

      For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

    • 1 Samuel 10:1

      Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

    • Judges 11:29

      Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

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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