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2 Samuel 17:14 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 17 · verse 14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.2 Samuel 17:14 · King James Version
2 Samuel 17:14 in context
12So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
15Then 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.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AhithophelʼĂchîythôphelAchithophel, an IsraeliteH302 →
- appointedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- AbsalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- ArchiteʼArkîyan Arkite or native of ErekH757 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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Absalom is now in peaceable possession of Jerusalem; the palace-royal is his own, as are the thrones of judgment, even the thrones of the house of David. His good father reigned in Hebron, and only over the tribe of Judah, above seven years, and was not hasty to destroy his rival;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14