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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 17:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 17:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Now therefore send [07971] quickly [04120], and tell [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Lodge [03885] not this night [03915] in the plains [06160] [05679] of the wilderness [04057], but speedily [05674] pass over [05674]; lest the king [04428] be swallowed up [01104], and all the people [05971] that are with him. |
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King James |
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 are with him. |
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] |
SECRET INTELLIGENCE SENT TO DAVID. (Sa2 17:15-22)
send quickly, and tell David--Apparently doubting that his advice would be followed, Hushai ordered secret intelligence to be conveyed to David of all that transpired, with an urgent recommendation to cross the Jordan without a moment's delay, lest Ahithophel's address and influence might produce a change on the prince's mind, and an immediate pursuit be determined on. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hushai, like a wise and prudent man, knowing, too, Absalom's weak and fickle character, would not depend upon the resolution, taken at his instigation, not to pursue the king, but took instant measures to advertise David of his danger. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Lodge not - Lest the king's and people's mind's change, and Ahithophel persuade the king to pursue you speedily. |
15 Then said [0559] Hushai [02365] unto Zadok [06659] and to Abiathar [054] the priests [03548], Thus and thus did Ahithophel [0302] counsel [03289] Absalom [053] and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]; and thus and thus have I counselled [03289].
16 Now therefore send [07971] quickly [04120], and tell [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Lodge [03885] not this night [03915] in the plains [06160] [05679] of the wilderness [04057], but speedily [05674] pass over [05674]; lest the king [04428] be swallowed up [01104], and all the people [05971] that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan [03083] and Ahimaaz [0290] stayed [05975] by Enrogel [05883]; for they might [03201] not be seen [07200] to come [0935] into the city [05892]: and a wench [08198] went [01980] and told [05046] them; and they went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732].
18 Nevertheless a lad [05288] saw [07200] them, and told [05046] Absalom [053]: but they went [03212] both [08147] of them away quickly [04120], and came [0935] to a man's [0376] house [01004] in Bahurim [0980], which had a well [0875] in his court [02691]; whither [08033] they went down [03381].
19 And the woman [0802] took [03947] and spread [06566] a covering [04539] over the well's [0875] mouth [06440], and spread [07849] ground corn [07383] thereon; and the thing [01697] was not known [03045].
20 And when Absalom's [053] servants [05650] came [0935] to the woman [0802] to the house [01004], they said [0559], Where is Ahimaaz [0290] and Jonathan [03083]? And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto them, They be gone over [05674] the brook [04323] of water [04325]. And when they had sought [01245] and could not find [04672] them, they returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].
21 And it came to pass, after [0310] they were departed [03212], that they came up [05927] out of the well [0875], and went [03212] and told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], and said [0559] unto David [01732], Arise [06965], and pass quickly [04120] over [05674] the water [04325]: for thus hath Ahithophel [0302] counselled [03289] against you.
22 Then David [01732] arose [06965], and all the people [05971] that were with him, and they passed over [05674] Jordan [03383]: by the morning [01242] light [0216] there lacked [05737] not one [0259] of them that was not gone over [05674] Jordan [03383].