2 Samuel 17:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

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  • 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
  • 2 Chr 25:20 : 20 But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.
  • Job 5:12-14 : 12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. 13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. 14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
  • Ps 33:9-9 : 9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever. 10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Amos 9:3 : 3 Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge. 20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

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  • 2 Sam 17:15-16
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    89%

    15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

    16 So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

  • 2 Sam 17:4-9
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    4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.

    5 Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

    6 And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?

    7 And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.

    8 Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not take his night's rest with the people;

    9 But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

  • 2 Sam 15:31-32
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    31 And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

    32 Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:

  • 2 Sam 16:15-23
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    15 And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

    16 Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

    17 And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?

    18 And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

    19 And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

    20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

    21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.

    22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.

    23 In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 27:32-34
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    32 Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

    33 And Ahithophel was the king's expert in discussion and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

    34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 2 Sam 15:11-14
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    11 And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

    12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

    13 And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

    14 And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

  • 2 Sam 17:1-2
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    1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

    2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

  • 2 Sam 17:13
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    13 And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

  • 2 Sam 15:34-35
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    34 But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

    35 And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • 2 Sam 17:20-21
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    20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

    21 Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
    75%

    37 So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 17:23-24
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    73%

    23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 15:6
    72%

    6 And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 15:2-4
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    2 And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

    3 And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.

    4 And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!

  • 2 Sam 18:31-32
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    31 And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.

    32 And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 19:9-10
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    9 And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.

    10 And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

  • 2 Sam 14:20
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    20 This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

  • 2 Sam 19:6
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    6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
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    5 And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.

  • 2 Sam 14:32
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    32 And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

  • 2 Sam 18:17
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    17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.