Verse 1

2 Samuel 17:1

American Standard Version

1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל אֶל אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה נָּ֗א שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֨לֶף֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְ/אָק֛וּמָה וְ/אֶרְדְּפָ֥ה אַחֲרֵי דָוִ֖ד הַ/לָּֽיְלָה

English Translation

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight."

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Chapter 17 Context

1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise a...

2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the pe... Focus ↗

3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so... Focus ↗

4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. Focus ↗

5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. Focus ↗

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after th... Focus ↗

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good. Focus ↗

8 Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are ch... Focus ↗

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of... Focus ↗

10 And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israe... Focus ↗

11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sa... Focus ↗

12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the d... Focus ↗

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will d... Focus ↗

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the cou... Focus ↗

15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalo... Focus ↗

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wildern... Focus ↗

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and... Focus ↗

18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house... Focus ↗

19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well`s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon;... Focus ↗

20 And Absalom`s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan... Focus ↗

21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told... Focus ↗

22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the mor... Focus ↗

23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat hi... Focus ↗

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with h... Focus ↗

25 And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was... Focus ↗

26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. Focus ↗

27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the... Focus ↗

28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched [grain],... Focus ↗

29 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were wi... Focus ↗

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