2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:4 in other translations
| BSB | This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel. |
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| WEB | The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. |
| ASV | And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. |
| YLT | And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. |
| DARBY | And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. |
| BBE | And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel. |
| Webster | And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. |
What does 2 Samuel 17:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:1-11
2Sa 17:1-14. Ahithophel's Counsel Overthrown by Hushai. 1-11. Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom--The recommendation to take prompt and decisive measures before the royalist forces could be collected and arranged, evinced the deep political sagacity of this councillor. The adoption of his advice would have extinguished the cause of David; and it affords a dreadful proof of the extremities to which the heartless…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:1-21
Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is no contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destroy him by his own mistakes and passions. Ahithophel's former counsel was followed, for God intended to correct David; but his latter counsel…
2 Samuel 17:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 17:4
- 1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
- Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- 1 Samuel 18:20-21
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
- Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- Esther 1:21
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
- 2 Chronicles 30:4
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
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Context
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:5
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
2 Samuel 17:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Esta razón pareció bien á Absalom y á todos los ancianos de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la parole fut bonne aux yeux d’Absalom et aux yeux de tous les anciens d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Wort war recht in den Augen Absaloms und in den Augen aller Ältesten von Israel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Placuitque sermo ejus Absalom, et cunctis majoribus natu Israël. |