2 Samuel 17:4

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And the saying pleased Absalom wel and al the elders of Israel.

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  • 1 Sam 18:20-21 : 20 Howbeit, Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they shewed Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul sayde: I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid: Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne.
  • 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 And Saul sayde: Blessed are ye in the Lord, for ye haue compassion on me:
  • 2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
  • Esth 1:21 : 21 Thus saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the worde of Memucan.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then saide Zares his wyfe and all his friendes vnto him: Let them make a galous of fiftie cubites hie, and to morowe speake thou vnto the king that Mardocheus may be hanged thereon: then go thou in meryly with the king vnto the banket. And Haman was well content withall, and caused the galous to be made.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 The whiche knowyng the righteousnes of God, howe that they which commit such thynges are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also haue pleasure in them that do them.

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  • 2 Sam 17:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5Then sayde Absalom: Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also, and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth.

    6When Husai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying: Ahithophel hath geuen such counsel: Shal we do after his saying, or no? tell thou.

    7Husai aunswered vnto Absalom: The counsel that Ahithophel hath geuen, is not good at this time.

  • 2 Sam 15:1-7
    7 verses
    78%

    1After this, Absalo prepared him charettes & horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.

    2And Absalom rose vp early, and stoode in the place of the entring in of the gate: And euery man that had any matter and came to the king for iudgement, him did Absalom cal vnto him, and sayde: Of what citie art thou? He aunswered: Thy seruaunt is of one of the tribes of Israel.

    3And Absalom said vnto him: See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the king to heare thee.

    4Absalom sayde moreouer: Oh, that I were made iudge in the land, that euery man which hath any plea and matter in the lawe, might come to me, and that I might do him iustice.

    5And when any man came nye to him, and dyd him obeysaunce, he put foorth his hande, and toke him to him, and kissed him.

    6And on this maner dyd Absalom to al Israel that came to the king for iudgement: so Absalom stale the heartes of the men of Israel.

    7And after fourtie yeres, Absalom said vnto the king: I pray thee let me go to Hebron, & pay my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde:

  • 2 Sam 17:13-15
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    78%

    13Moreouer, if he be gotten into a towne, then shall al the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will drawe it into the riuer, vntil ther be not one small stone founde there.

    14And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom.

    15Then sayde Husai vnto Sadoc & Abiathar the priestes: Of this & that maner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom, and thus & thus haue I counsayled.

  • 2 Sam 15:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12And Absalom sent for Ahithopel the Gilonite Dauids counseller, fro his citie Gilo, while he offered sacrifices, and there was wrought strong treason: For the people went and increased with Absalom.

    13And ther came a messenger to Dauid, and sayde: The heartes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 3:36
    76%

    36And all the people wist it, and it pleased them: as whatsoeuer the king did, pleased all the people.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    76%

    3And wil bring againe all the people vnto thee: and when al shall returne, the man whom thou sekest beyng slayne all the people shalbe in peace.

  • 2 Chr 30:4
    75%

    4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

  • 2 Sam 16:15-18
    4 verses
    75%

    15And Absalom & al the people the men of Israel came to Hierusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

    16And assoone as Husai the Arachite Dauids frend, was come vnto Absalo, Husai sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the king, God saue the king.

    17And Absalom sayde to Husai: Is this the kindnesse to thy frende? Why wentest thou not with him?

    18Husai aunswered vnto Absalom, Nay not so: But whom the Lorde and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, & with him wil I dwell.

  • 2 Sam 16:20-23
    4 verses
    74%

    20Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel: Geue counsel what we shall do.

    21And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom: Get thee in vnto thy fathers cocubines whiche he hath left to kepe the house, and all Israel shal heare, that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hades of al that are with thee, be strong.

    22And so they spread Absalom a tent vpon the toppe of the house, and Absalom went in vnto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

    23And the counsel of Ahithophel whiche he counseled in those dayes, was as a man had asked counsel at the oracle of God: euen so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both with Dauid and with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    74%

    24Then Dauid came to Mahanaim, And Absalom passed ouer Iordane, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    74%

    21And the king sayd vnto Ioab: Behold, I haue done this thing: Go & bring the young man Absalom againe.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    73%

    9Behold he is hyd nowe in some caue, or in some other place: And though some of his men be ouerthrowen at the first brunt, yet they that heare it, will say: The people that foloweth Absalom, be put to the worse.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
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    24And came to the king, and saide: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers, I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt.

  • 2 Sam 18:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4And the king sayde vnto them: What seemeth you best, that wil I do. And the king stoode by the gate syde, and all the people came out by hundredes, and by thousandes.

    5And the king commaunded Ioab, and Abisai, and Ithai, saying: Intreate the young man Absalom gently for my sake. And all the people hearde that the king gaue all the captaynes charge concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32And Absalo aunswered Ioab: Behold, I sent for thee, desiring thee to come, because I woulde haue sent thee to the king, for to say, Wherfore am I come from Gesur? It had ben better for me to haue ben there still: Nowe therfore would I see the kinges face: And if ther be any trespasse in me, let hym kil me.

    33And so Ioab came to the king, and tolde him: Which when he had sent for Absalom, he came to the king, and fel to the ground on his face before him, and the king kissed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:26
    73%

    26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    72%

    1Ahithophel also said vnto Absalom: Let me choose out now twelue thousand men, and I wil vp and folowe after Dauid this night:

  • 2 Sam 19:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And al ye people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: The king saued vs out of the hand of our enemies, & he deliuered vs out of the hande of the Philistines, and nowe he is fled out of the lande for Absalom:

    10But Absalom whom we annoynted ouer vs, is dead in battell: Therefore, why are ye so still, that ye bring not the king agayne?

  • 2 Sam 15:10
    72%

    10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: Assoone as ye heare the voyce of the trumpet blow, ye shall say, Absalom raigneth in Hebro.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    72%

    1Ioab ye sonne of Zaruia perceaued that the kynges heart was toward Absalom:

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    71%

    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: Ye sought for Dauid in times past, that he might be your king:

  • 2 Sam 15:34
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    34But if thou returne to the citie, and say vnto Absalom, I will be thy seruaunt O king: as I haue thus long ben thy fathers seruaunt, so am I nowe thy seruaunt, thou mayest for my sake destroy the counsel of Ahithophel.

  • 2 Sam 18:32
    71%

    32And the king sayde vnto Chusi: Is the young man Absalom safe? Chusi aunswered: The enemies of my lorde the king, and all that ryse against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
    71%

    37And so Husai Dauids freende went to the citie, and Absalom entred into Hierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
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    39And king Dauid desired to go foorth vnto Absalom: For where as Amnon was dead, he was comforted ouer him.

  • 1 Chr 13:4
    71%

    4And all the congregation was content that he should do so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

  • 2 Sam 13:27
    71%

    27But Absalom made such instaunce, that he let Amnon & all the kinges children go with him.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-25
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    23And so Ioab arose, and went to Gesur, and brought Absalom to Hierusalem.

    24And the king sayde: Let him turne to his owne house, & not see my face. And so Absalo returned to his owne house, and sawe not the kinges face.

    25But in al Israel there was none to be so muche praysed as Absalom for beautie: from ye sole of his foote to the toppe of his head, there was no blemishe in him.