2 Samuel 16:20 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 16:20

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

KJV

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ASV

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

WEB

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

YLT

And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, `Give for you counsel what we do.'

DBT

And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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15 verses on the floor

Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Exodus 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Acts 4:23–28
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

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Give counsel among you what we shall do--This is the first cabinet council on record, although the deference paid to Ahithophel gave him the entire direction of the proceedings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

This matter was well settled; but, it seems, Ziba is not content to be manager, he longs to be master, of Mephibosheth's estate. Now, he thinks, is his time to make himself so; if he can procure a grant of it from the crown, whether David or Absalom get the better it is all one to him, he hopes he shall secure his prey, which he promises himself by fishing in troubled waters.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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