2 Samuel 16 · Verse 15

2 Samuel 16:15

And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2 Samuel 16:15, King James Version

2 Samuel 16:15 in other translations

BSBThen Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
WEBAbsalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
ASVAnd Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
YLTAnd Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,
DARBYNow Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
BBEAnd Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
WebsterAnd Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

What does 2 Samuel 16:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 16:15-19
15-19. Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king--Hushai's devotion to David was so well-known, that his presence in the camp of the conspirators excited great surprise. 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. 2Sa 16:20-23. Ahithophel's Counsel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:15-23
The wisest counsellors of that age were Ahithophel and Hushai: Absalom thinks himself sure of success, when he has both; on them he relies, and consults not the ark, though he had that with him. But miserable counsellors were they both. Hushai would never counsel him to do wisely. Ahithophel counselled him to do wickedly; and so did as effectually betray him, as he did, who was designedly false to him: for they that advise men to sin, certainly advise them to their hurt. After all, honesty is the best policy, and will be found so in the long run. Ahithophel gave wicked counsel to Absalom; to render himself so hateful to his father, that he would never be reconciled to him; this cursed policy was of the devil. How desperately wicked is the human heart!

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 16:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹםve.'av.sha.Lomand AbsalomH53
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בָּ֖אוּBa.'uthey cameH935
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלva.'a.chi.To.feland AhithophelH302
אִתּֽוֹ\׃'i.To[was] with himH854

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 16:15

  • 2 Samuel 15:37

    So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Absalom.
15:37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 16:14

    And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

  • 2 Samuel 16:15

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

  • 2 Samuel 16:16

    And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

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2 Samuel 16:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Absalom y todo el pueblo, los varones de Israel, entraron en Jerusalem, y con él Achitophel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Absalom, et tout le peuple, les hommes d’Israël, vinrent à Jérusalem, et Akhitophel avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Absalom aber und alles Volk, die Männer von Israel, kamen nach Jerusalem, und Ahitophel mit ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Absalom autem et omnis populus ejus ingressi sunt Jerusalem, sed et Achitophel cum eo.