2 Samuel 17:3 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 17:3

And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

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ASV

and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

WEB

and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

YLT

and I bring back all the people unto thee--as the turning back of the whole is the man whom thou art seeking--all the people are peace.

DBT

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

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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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Judges 4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
2 Samuel 3:21
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

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But his dexterity was chiefly displayed in that part of his counsel which recommended a general levy throughout the country; and that Absalom should take command of it in person--thereby flattering at once the pride and ambition of the usurper. The bait was caught by the vainglorious and wicked prince.

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

Let that one man die for the people, John xi. Kill the heir, and the inheritance shall be ours, Matt. xxi. But the counsel of them both was turned into foolishness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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