2 Samuel 17:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 31:8 : 8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

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  • 2 Sam 17:13-16
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    13And 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.

    14Then 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.

    15Then 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.

    16So 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 17:4-6
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    4And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.

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

    6And 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?

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

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

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

    18And 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.

    19And 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.

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

    21And 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.

    22So 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.

    23In 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 Sam 17:8-9
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    8Hushai 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;

    9But 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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    31And 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.

    32Now 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 17:1-2
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    1Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

    2And 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:

  • 1 Chr 27:33-34
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    33And Ahithophel was the king's expert in discussion and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

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

  • 2 Sam 17:20-21
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    20And 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.

    21Then 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 15:11-14
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    11And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

    12And 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.

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

    14And 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 15:37
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    37So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 15:34-35
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    34But 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.

    35And 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 17:23-24
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    23Now 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.

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

  • 2 Sam 15:3
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    3And 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.

  • 2 Sam 18:32
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    32And 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 19:6-7
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    6For 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.

    7So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
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    29Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

  • 2 Sam 13:25
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    25And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

  • 2 Sam 14:24
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    24And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.

  • 2 Sam 14:32
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    32And 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 18:29
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    29And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said in answer, When Joab sent me, your servant, I saw a great outcry going on, but I had no knowledge of what it was.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
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    13And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
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    10And 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 13:22
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    22But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.

  • 2 Sam 15:6
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    6And 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 18:5
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    5And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
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    7But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.