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2 Samuel 17:15

in 2 Samuel 17

So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

KJV

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 17

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 7.1 · Written before 379.

For in the history, Hushai is mentioned as the chief companion of David and the son of Arachi, but in the psalm, Hushai is the son of Jemini. Neither he nor any other of those appearing in the history was the son of Jemini. Perhaps he was called the son of Jemini for this reason, because he displayed great valor and strength through a mere pretense of friendship, going over, as he pretended, to Absalom, but in reality thwarting the plans of Ahithophel, a very skilled man, well trained in military affairs, who was giving his counsel.

This site's exposition

Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel

on 2 Samuel 17:15-16

Hushai reports both counsels to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, still stationed in Jerusalem watching the city for David, and sends them running with the one order that matters, do not lodge in the plains of the wilderness tonight. The urgency is deliberate: Hushai has bought time with his speech, but he does not trust Absalom to stay talked out of Ahithophel's plan for long. The priests become the relay in a chain that already includes their own sons waiting outside the city walls.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But, it should seem, he was not sure but that yet Ahithophel's counsel might be followed, and was therefore jealous lest, if he made not the best of his way, the king would be swallowed up, and all the people that were with him,
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests,.... After he was returned from the council board, he immediately went to these priests, who he knew were in the interest of David, and to whom he was to communicate, and by them transmit, what passed at Jerusalem, 2Sa 15:35, thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; relating to them in express words what he advised to: and thus and thus have I counselled; telling them in what manner he had given his counsel.

The words behind it

20 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

  • חוּשַׁ֗יHushai

    chushaiH2365 →14 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • צָד֤וֹקZadok

    tzadokH6659 →53 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֶבְיָתָר֙Abiathar

    ʾevyatarH54 →30 times

  • הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • כָּזֹ֣אתlike this

    kazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְכָזֹ֗אתand like this

    vekhazotH2063 →603 times

  • יָעַ֤ץhe has counseled

    yaatzH3289 →79 times

  • אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙Ahithophel

    ʾachitofelH302 →20 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אַבְשָׁלֹ֔םAbsalom

    ʾavshalomH53 →110 times

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • זִקְנֵ֣י[the] elders of

    zikneiH2205 →178 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְכָזֹ֥אתand like this

    vekhazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְכָזֹ֖אתand like this

    vekhazotH2063 →603 times

  • יָעַ֥צְתִּיI have counseled

    yaatztiH3289 →79 times

  • אָֽנִי׃I

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

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

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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 17 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 7.1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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