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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 17:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Sa 17:14 |
Strong Concordance |
And Absalom [053] and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], The counsel [06098] of Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757] is better [02896] than the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302]. For the LORD [03068] had appointed [06680] to defeat [06565] the good [02896] counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302], to the intent [05668] that the LORD [03068] might bring [0935] evil [07451] upon Absalom [053]. |
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King James |
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel--The reasons specified being extremely plausible, and expressed in the strong hyperbolical language suited to dazzle an Oriental imagination, the council declared in favor of Hushai's advice; and their resolution was the immediate cause of the discomfiture of the rebellion, although the council itself was only a link in the chain of causation held by the controlling hand of the Lord. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| And he secured his end. Absalom and all Israel thought his advice better than that of Ahithophel; for it was intended to commend itself to Absalom and his supporters. "The counsel appeared safe; at the same time it was full of a certain kind of boasting, which pleased the younger men" (Clericus). All that Hushai had said about the bravery and heroism of David and his followers, was well founded. The deception lay in the assumption that all the people from Dan to Beersheba would crowd around Absalom as one man; whereas it might easily be foreseen, that after the first excitement of the revolution was over, and great calmness ensued, a large part of the nation and army would gather round David. But such a possibility as this never entered the minds of Absalom and his supporters. It was in this that the divine sentence referred to in Sa2 17:14 was seen: "The Lord had commanded (appointed) it, to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, that he might bring the evil (intended) upon Absalom." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Absalom and all, &c. - Be it observed, to the comfort of all that fear God, he turns all mans hearts as the rivers of water. He stands in the congregation of the mighty, has an over - ruling hand in all counsels, and a negative voice in all resolves, and laughs at mens projects against his children. |
14 And Absalom [053] and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], The counsel [06098] of Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757] is better [02896] than the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302]. For the LORD [03068] had appointed [06680] to defeat [06565] the good [02896] counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302], to the intent [05668] that the LORD [03068] might bring [0935] evil [07451] upon Absalom [053].