2 Samuel 17:11 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 17:11

9 Surely by now he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

10 And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will ^amelt completely. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

11 Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, ^afrom Dan to Beersheba, ^blike the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

12 So we will come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

13 Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will ^apull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”

14 So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For ^athe Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.

Hushai Warns David to Escape

15 ^aThen Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.

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Definitions of words in 2 Samuel 17:11:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Battle {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Beersheba {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Beersheba {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Beersheba {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sea {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Dan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Dan {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing 2 Samuel 17:11:

Ahithophel {Easton's}

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