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World English Bible

2 Samuel 17 (WEBP)

[1] Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
[2] I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
[3] and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
[4] The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
[5] Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
[6] When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
[7] Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
[8] Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
[9] Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
[10] Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
[11] But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
[12] So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
[13] Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
[14] Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
[15] Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
[16] Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
[17] Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
[18] But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
[19] The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
[20] Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
[21] After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
[22] Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
[23] When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
[24] Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
[25] Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
[26] Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
[27] When David had come to Mahanaim, 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,
[28] brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
[29] honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 17 (KJVS)

[1] Moreover Ahithophel said () unto Absalom, Let me now choose out () twelve thousand men, and I will arise () and pursue () after David this night:
[2] and I will come () upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: () and all the people that are with him shall flee; () and I will smite () the king only:
[3] and I will bring back () all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest () is as if all returned: () so all the people shall be in peace.
[4] And the saying pleased () Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
[5] Then said () Absalom, Call () now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear () likewise what he saith.
[6] And when Hushai was come () to Absalom, Absalom spake () unto him, saying, () Ahithophel hath spoken () after this manner: shall we do () after his saying? if not; speak () thou.
[7] And Hushai said () unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given () is not good at this time.
[8] For, said () Hushai, thou knowest () thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge () with the people.
[9] Behold, he is hid () now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown () at the first, that whosoever () heareth () it will say, () There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
[10] And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly () melt: () for all Israel knoweth () that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
[11] Therefore I counsel () that all Israel be generally () gathered () unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go () to battle in thine own person.
[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 are with him there shall not be left () so much as one.
[13] Moreover, if he be gotten () into a city, then shall all Israel bring () ropes to that city, and we will draw () it into the river, until there be not one small stone found () there.
[14] 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.
[15] Then said () Hushai unto 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. ()
[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 are with him.
[17] Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed () by En-rogel; for they might () not be seen () to come () into the city: and a wench went () and told () them; and they went () and told () king David.
[18] Nevertheless a lad saw () them, and told () Absalom: but they went () both of them away quickly, and came () to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. ()
[19] And the woman took () and spread () a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread () ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. ()
[20] And when Absalom’s servants came () to the woman to the house, they said, () Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said () unto them, They be gone over () the brook of water. And when they had sought () and could not find () them, they returned () to Jerusalem.
[21] And it came to pass, after they were departed, () that they came up () out of the well, and went () and told () king David, and said () unto David, Arise, () and pass quickly over () the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled () against you.
[22] Then David arose, () and all the people that were with him, and they passed over () Jordan: by the morning light there lacked () not one of them that was not gone over () Jordan.
[23] And when Ahithophel saw () that his counsel was not followed, () he saddled () his ass, and arose, () and gat him 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.
[24] Then David came () to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over () Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
[25] And Absalom made () Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in () to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
[26] So Israel and Absalom pitched () in the land of Gilead.
[27] And it came to pass, when David was come () to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
[28] brought () beds, and basons, and earthen () vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
[29] and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: () for they said, () The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

2 Samuel 17:4 Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc
2 Samuel 17:5 Heb. what is in his mouth
2 Samuel 17:6 Heb. word
2 Samuel 17:7 Heb. counseled
2 Samuel 17:8 Heb. bitter of soul
2 Samuel 17:9 Heb. fallen
2 Samuel 17:11 Heb. that thy face or presence go, etc.
2 Samuel 17:14 Heb. commanded
2 Samuel 17:23a Heb. done
2 Samuel 17:23b Heb. gave charge concerning his house

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 17 (BYZ)

[1] καὶ () εἶπεν Αχιτοφελ πρὸς () Αβεσσαλωμ Ἐπιλέξω δὴ () ἐμαυτῷ () δώδεκα () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () καὶ () ἀναστήσομαι () καὶ () καταδιώξω () ὀπίσω () Δαυιδ () τὴν () νύκτα· ()
[2] καὶ () ἐπελεύσομαι () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () κοπιῶν () καὶ () ἐκλελυμένος () χερσίν, () καὶ () ἐκστήσω () αὐτόν, () καὶ () φεύξεται () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ὁ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πατάξω () τὸν () βασιλέα () μονώτατον· ()
[3] καὶ () ἐπιστρέψω () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () πρὸς () σέ, () ὃν () τρόπον () ἐπιστρέφει () ἡ () νύμφη () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄνδρα () αὐτῆς· () πλὴν () ψυχὴν () ἑνὸς () ἀνδρὸς () σὺ () ζητεῖς, () καὶ () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () ἔσται () εἰρήνη. ()
[4] Καὶ () εὐθὴς ὁ () λόγος () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () Αβεσσαλωμ καὶ () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () πάντων () τῶν () πρεσβυτέρων () Ισραηλ. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἶπεν Αβεσσαλωμ Καλέσατε () δὴ () καί () γε () τὸν () Χουσι τὸν () Αραχι, καὶ () ἀκούσωμεν () τί () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτοῦ () καί () γε () αὐτοῦ. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Χουσι πρὸς () Αβεσσαλωμ· καὶ () εἶπεν Αβεσσαλωμ πρὸς () αὐτὸν () λέγων () Κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () ἐλάλησεν () Αχιτοφελ· εἰ () ποιήσομεν () κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () αὐτοῦ; () Εἰ () δὲ () μή, () σὺ () λάλησον. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν Χουσι πρὸς () Αβεσσαλωμ Οὐκ () ἀγαθὴ () αὕτη () ἡ () βουλή, () ἣν () ἐβουλεύσατο Αχιτοφελ τὸ () ἅπαξ () τοῦτο. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν Χουσι Σὺ () οἶδας () τὸν () πατέρα () σου () καὶ () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () αὐτοῦ () ὅτι () δυνατοί () εἰσιν () σφόδρα () καὶ () κατάπικροι τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτῶν () ὡς () ἄρκος ἠτεκνωμένη ἐν () ἀγρῷ () καὶ () ὡς () ὗς () τραχεῖα () ἐν () τῷ () πεδίῳ, καὶ () ὁ () πατήρ () σου () ἀνὴρ () πολεμιστὴς καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () καταλύσῃ () τὸν () λαόν· ()
[9] ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () αὐτὸς () νῦν () κέκρυπται () ἐν () ἑνὶ () τῶν () βουνῶν () ἢ () ἐν () ἑνὶ () τῶν () τόπων, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῷ () ἐπιπεσεῖν () αὐτοῖς () ἐν () ἀρχῇ () καὶ () ἀκούσῃ () ὁ () ἀκούων () καὶ () εἴπῃ Ἐγενήθη () θραῦσις ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ () τῷ () ὀπίσω () Αβεσσαλωμ,
[10] καί () γε () αὐτὸς () υἱὸς () δυνάμεως, () οὗ () ἡ () καρδία () καθὼς () ἡ () καρδία () τοῦ () λέοντος, () τηκομένη () τακήσεται, () ὅτι () οἶδεν () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () ὅτι () δυνατὸς () ὁ () πατήρ () σου () καὶ () υἱοὶ () δυνάμεως () οἱ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Ὅτι () οὕτως () συμβουλεύων () ἐγὼ () συνεβούλευσα, () καὶ () συναγόμενος () συναχθήσεται () ἐπὶ () σὲ () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () Δαν καὶ () ἕως () Βηρσαβεε ὡς () ἡ () ἄμμος () ἡ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () θαλάσσης () εἰς () πλῆθος, () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () πορευόμενον () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτῶν, ()
[12] καὶ () ἥξομεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () εἰς () ἕνα () τῶν () τόπων, () οὗ () ἐὰν () εὕρωμεν () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () παρεμβαλοῦμεν ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () ὡς () πίπτει () ἡ () δρόσος ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () οὐχ () ὑπολειψόμεθα () ἐν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἀνδράσιν () τοῖς () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () καί () γε () ἕνα· ()
[13] καὶ () ἐὰν () εἰς () πόλιν () συναχθῇ, () καὶ () λήμψεται () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () τὴν () πόλιν () ἐκείνην () σχοινία () καὶ () συροῦμεν () αὐτὴν () ἕως () εἰς () τὸν () χειμάρρουν, () ὅπως () μὴ () καταλειφθῇ () ἐκεῖ () μηδὲ () λίθος. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν Αβεσσαλωμ καὶ () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () Ἀγαθὴ () ἡ () βουλὴ () Χουσι τοῦ () Αραχι ὑπὲρ () τὴν () βουλὴν () Αχιτοφελ· καὶ () κύριος () ἐνετείλατο () διασκεδάσαι τὴν () βουλὴν () Αχιτοφελ τὴν () ἀγαθήν, () ὅπως () ἂν () ἐπαγάγῃ () κύριος () ἐπὶ () Αβεσσαλωμ τὰ () κακὰ () πάντα. () —
[15] καὶ () εἶπεν Χουσι ὁ () τοῦ () Αραχι πρὸς () Σαδωκ () καὶ () Αβιαθαρ () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () Οὕτως () καὶ () οὕτως () συνεβούλευσεν () Αχιτοφελ τῷ () Αβεσσαλωμ καὶ () τοῖς () πρεσβυτέροις () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () οὕτως () καὶ () οὕτως () συνεβούλευσα () ἐγώ· ()
[16] καὶ () νῦν () ἀποστείλατε () ταχὺ () καὶ () ἀναγγείλατε () τῷ () Δαυιδ () λέγοντες () Μὴ () αὐλισθῇς () τὴν () νύκτα () ἐν () αραβωθ τῆς () ἐρήμου () καί () γε () διαβαίνων () σπεῦσον, () μήποτε () καταπίῃ () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () τὸν () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () Ιωναθαν καὶ () Αχιμαας εἱστήκεισαν () ἐν () τῇ () πηγῇ () Ρωγηλ, καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἡ () παιδίσκη () καὶ () ἀνήγγειλεν () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () πορεύονται () καὶ () ἀναγγέλλουσιν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Δαυιδ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐδύναντο () ὀφθῆναι () τοῦ () εἰσελθεῖν () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶδεν () αὐτοὺς () παιδάριον () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () Αβεσσαλωμ, καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () οἱ () δύο () ταχέως () καὶ () εἰσῆλθαν () εἰς () οἰκίαν () ἀνδρὸς () ἐν () Βαουριμ, καὶ () αὐτῷ () λάκκος ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ, () καὶ () κατέβησαν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () καὶ () διεπέτασεν τὸ () ἐπικάλυμμα () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () λάκκου καὶ () ἔψυξεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () αραφωθ, καὶ () οὐκ () ἐγνώσθη () ῥῆμα. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἦλθαν () οἱ () παῖδες () Αβεσσαλωμ πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν () καὶ () εἶπαν Ποῦ () Αχιμαας καὶ () Ιωναθαν; Καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () ἡ () γυνή () Παρῆλθαν () μικρὸν τοῦ () ὕδατος· () καὶ () ἐζήτησαν () καὶ () οὐχ () εὗραν () καὶ () ἀνέστρεψαν () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[21] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () μετὰ () τὸ () ἀπελθεῖν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () καὶ () ἀνήγγειλαν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπαν πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Ἀνάστητε () καὶ () διάβητε () ταχέως () τὸ () ὕδωρ, () ὅτι () οὕτως () ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ () ὑμῶν () Αχιτοφελ.
[22] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ὁ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () διέβησαν () τὸν () Ιορδάνην () ἕως () τοῦ () φωτὸς () τοῦ () πρωί, () ἕως () ἑνὸς () οὐκ () ἔλαθεν () ὃς () οὐ () διῆλθεν () τὸν () Ιορδάνην. ()
[23] Καὶ () Αχιτοφελ εἶδεν () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐγενήθη () ἡ () βουλὴ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπέσαξεν τὴν () ὄνον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀπήγξατο καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () τῷ () τάφῳ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Καὶ () Δαυιδ () διῆλθεν () εἰς () Μαναιμ, καὶ () Αβεσσαλωμ διέβη () τὸν () Ιορδάνην () αὐτὸς () καὶ () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[25] Καὶ () τὸν () Αμεσσαι κατέστησεν () Αβεσσαλωμ ἀντὶ () Ιωαβ ἐπὶ () τῆς () δυνάμεως· () καὶ () Αμεσσαι υἱὸς () ἀνδρὸς () καὶ () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () Ιοθορ ὁ () Ισραηλίτης, () οὗτος () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () Αβιγαιαν θυγατέρα () Ναας ἀδελφὴν () Σαρουιας μητρὸς () Ιωαβ.
[26] Καὶ () παρενέβαλεν πᾶς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () Αβεσσαλωμ εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () Γαλααδ.
[27] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἡνίκα () ἦλθεν () Δαυιδ () εἰς () Μαναιμ, Ουεσβι υἱὸς () Ναας ἐκ () Ραββαθ υἱῶν () Αμμων καὶ () Μαχιρ υἱὸς () Αμιηλ ἐκ () Λωδαβαρ καὶ () Βερζελλι ὁ () Γαλααδίτης ἐκ () Ρωγελλιμ
[28] ἤνεγκαν () δέκα () κοίτας () καὶ () ἀμφιτάπους καὶ () λέβητας δέκα () καὶ () σκεύη () κεράμου () καὶ () πυροὺς καὶ () κριθὰς () καὶ () ἄλευρον () καὶ () ἄλφιτον καὶ () κύαμον καὶ () φακὸν
[29] καὶ () μέλι () καὶ () βούτυρον καὶ () πρόβατα () καὶ () σαφφωθ βοῶν () καὶ () προσήνεγκαν () τῷ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () τῷ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () φαγεῖν, () ὅτι () εἶπαν Ὁ () λαὸς () πεινῶν () καὶ () ἐκλελυμένος () καὶ () διψῶν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.