2 Samuel 17:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Ps 3:3-5 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head. 4 I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. {{Selah 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
  • Ps 4:8 : 8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
  • Ps 109:2-4 : 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Isa 59:7-8 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

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  • 2 Sam 17:2
    84%

    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;

  • 2 Sam 16:17-23
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    82%

    17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

    18And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

    19And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve] in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

    20Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

    21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

    22So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

    23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:11-15
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    11And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not anything.

    12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

    13And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

    14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

    15And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.

  • 2 Sam 17:20-24
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    20And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

    21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

    22Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.

    23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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

  • 2 Sam 15:31
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    31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

  • 2 Sam 17:4-9
    6 verses
    79%

    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 this time is not good.

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

    9Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:13-16
    4 verses
    79%

    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 Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah 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 at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
    77%

    15And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

  • 2 Sam 15:34
    76%

    34but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

  • 1 Chr 27:33-34
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    33And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:

    34and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
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    6And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

  • 2 Sam 15:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

    2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:27-30
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    27But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

    28And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

    29And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

    30And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    72%

    7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    72%

    34But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
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    24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
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    2And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 18:19
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    19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that Jehovah hath avenged him of his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
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    37So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:6
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    6And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:37
    70%

    37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.