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2 Samuel 17:4 · KJV

“And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}”

— 2 Samuel 17:4

Verse 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.

Verse 5

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. {what...: Heb. what is in his mouth}

2 Samuel 17 — Context

2

And I will come upon him while he {is} weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that {are} with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

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.

4

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}

5

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. {what...: Heb. what is in his mouth}

6

And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do {after} his saying? if not; speak thou. {his saying: Heb. his word}

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king}

1 Samuel 18:20-21

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. {pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes}

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. {gallows: Heb. tree}

1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, Blessed {be} ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: {pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}

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. {have...: or, consent with}

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