2 Samuel 16:15-17:23
1599 Geneva Bible
15 ¶ And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
16 And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, Hushai said unto Absalom, [a]God save the King, God save the King.
17 Then Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy [b]friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?
18 Hushai then answered unto Absalom, Nay, but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with them will I dwell.
19 And [c]moreover, unto whom shall I do service? not to his son? as I served before thy father, so will I before thee.
20 ¶ Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel what we shall do.
21 And [d]Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house: and when all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father, the hands of all that are with thee, shall be strong.
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.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counseled in those days, was like as one had asked [e]counsel at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
17 7 Ahithophel’s counsel is overthrown by Hushai. 14 The Lord had so ordained. 19 The Priest’s sons are hidden in the well. 22 David goeth over Jordan. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 27 They bring victuals to David.
1 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, [f]Let me choose out now twelve thousand men, and I will up and follow after David this night,
2 And I will come upon him: for he is weary, and weak handled: so I will fear him, and all the people that are with him shall flee, and I will smite the king only,
3 And I will bring again all the people unto thee, and when all shall return, ([g]the man whom thou seekest being slain) all the people shall be in peace.
4 And the saying [h]pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise [i]what he saith.
6 So when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath [j]spoken thus: shall we do after his saying, or no? tell thou.
7 Hushai then answered unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, is not [k]good at this time.
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in mind as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: also thy father is a valiant warrior, and will not [l]lodge with the people.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some cave, or in some place: and though some of them be overthrown at the first, yet the people shall hear, and say, The people that follow Absalom, [m]be overthrown.
10 Then he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall [n]shrink and faint: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is valiant, and they which be with him, stout men.
11 Therefore my counsel is, that all Israel be gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba as the sand of the Sea in number, and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 So shall we come upon him in some place, where we shall find him, and [o]we will upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, we will not leave him one.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 ¶ Then 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 [p]determined to destroy the [q]good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might [r]bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the Priests, Of this and that manner did Ahithophel and the Elders of Israel counsel Absalom: and thus and thus have I counseled.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and show David, saying, Tarry not this night in the fields of the wilderness, but rather get thee [s]over, lest the king be devoured, and all the people that are with him.
17 ¶ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz abode by [t]En Rogel: (for they might not be seen to come into the city) and a maid went, and [u]told them, and they went and showed king David.
18 Nevertheless, a young man saw them, and told it to Absalom. Therefore they both departed quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went down.
19 And [v]the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon, that the thing should not be known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the wife into the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman answered them, They be gone over the [w]brook of water. And when they had sought them, and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto him, Up, and get you quickly over the water: for [x]such counsel hath Ahithophel given against you.
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they went over Jordan [y]until the dawning of the day, so that there lacked not one of them, that was not come over Jordan.
23 ¶ Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and he went home unto his city, and put his household in order, and [z]hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father’s grave.
Notas al pie
- 2 Samuel 16:16 Hebrew, let the king live.
- 2 Samuel 16:17 Meaning, David.
- 2 Samuel 16:19 Hebrew, the second time.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 Suspecting the change of the Kingdom, and so his own overthrow, he giveth such counsel as might most hinder his father’s reconciliation: and also declare to the people that Absalom was in highest authority.
- 2 Samuel 16:23 It was so esteemed for the success thereof.
- 2 Samuel 17:1 The wicked are so greedy to execute their malice, that they leave none occasion, that may further the same.
- 2 Samuel 17:3 Meaning, David.
- 2 Samuel 17:4 Hebrew, was right in the eyes of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:5 Hebrew, what is in his mouth.
- 2 Samuel 17:6 Or, given such counsel.
- 2 Samuel 17:7 Hushai showeth himself faithful to David, in that he reproveth this wicked counsel and purpose.
- 2 Samuel 17:8 Or, tarry all night.
- 2 Samuel 17:9 Hebrew, have a breach of ruin.
- 2 Samuel 17:10 Hebrew, melt.
- 2 Samuel 17:12 Or, we will camp against him.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Or, commanded.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 That counsel which seemed good at the first to Absalom, verse 4.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 For by the counsel of Hushai, he went to the battle, where he was destroyed.
- 2 Samuel 17:16 That is, over Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 17:17 Or, the well of Rogel.
- 2 Samuel 17:17 Meaning, the message from their fathers.
- 2 Samuel 17:19 Thus God sendeth succor to his, in their greatest dangers.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 The Chaldea text readeth: Now they have passed the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 To wit, to pursue thee with all haste.
- 2 Samuel 17:22 They traveled all night, and by morning had all their company passed over.
- 2 Samuel 17:23 God’s just vengeance even in this life is poured on them which are enemies, traitors, or persecutors of his Church.
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