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2 Samuel 17:3 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 17 · 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.2 Samuel 17:3 · King James Version
2 Samuel 17:3 in context
1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2And 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:
3And 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.
4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- seekestbâqashto search outH1245 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- backshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
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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