rwbs - 2Samuel:16:15-17:29

rwbs@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:16 @ And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. (note:)God…: Hebrews. Let the king live(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

rwbs@2Samuel:16:18 @ And Hushai said to Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:19 @ And again, whom should I serve? not in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:20 @ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:21 @ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred by thy father: then shall the hands of all that with thee be strong.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

rwbs@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. (note:)oracle: Hebrews. word(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

rwbs@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come upon him while he weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

rwbs@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. (note:)pleased…: Hebrews. was right in the eyes of, etc(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:5 @ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. (note:)what…: Hebrews. what is in his mouth(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do his saying? if not; speak thou. (note:)his saying: Hebrews. his word(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given not good at this time. (note:)given: Hebrews. counselled(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they mighty men, and they chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. (note:)chafed…: Hebrews. bitter of soul(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. (note:)overthrown: Hebrews. fallen(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:10 @ And he also valiant, whose heart as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father a mighty man, and who with him valiant men.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore I counsel that all Israel should be generally gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that by the sea for multitude; and that thou shouldest go to battle in thy own person. (note:)that thou…: Hebrews. that thy face, or, presence go, etc(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:12 @ So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that with him there shall not be left so much as one.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:13 @ Moreover, if he shall have entered into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. (note:)appointed: Hebrews. commanded(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Hushai to 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.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that with him.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a maidservant went and told them; and they went and told king David.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; into which they descended.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find, they returned to Jerusalem.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then David arose, and all the people that with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there was left not one of them that had not gone over Jordan.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (note:)followed: Hebrews. done(:note)put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house

rwbs@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa a man’s son, whose name Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother. (note:)Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite(:note)Abigail: Hebrews. AbigalNahash: or, Jesse

rwbs@2Samuel:17:26 @ So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

rwbs@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it came to pass, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

rwbs@2Samuel:17:28 @ Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted, and beans, and lentiles, and roasted, (note:)basons: or, cups(:note)

rwbs@2Samuel:17:29 @ And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that with him, to eat: for they said, The people hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.