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2 Samuel 17:6 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 17 · verse 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.2 Samuel 17:6 · King James Version
2 Samuel 17:6 in context
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.
6And 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.
7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AhithophelʼĂchîythôphelAchithophel, an IsraeliteH302 →
- AbsalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- HushaiChûwshayChushai, an IsraeliteH2365 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- mannerdâbâra wordH1697 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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