2 Samuel 17:1

Contextual Overview

¹Ahithophel said to Absalom, "I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, "I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. ¹Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight. ¹ Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.¹ Ahithophel also said vnto Absalom: Let me choose out now twelue thousand men, and I wil vp and folowe after Dauid this night: ¹ Ahithophel also said to Absalom, "Now, let me choose 12,000 men to chase David tonight. ¹ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I shall rise up and pursue David tonight. ¹ Moreover Ahith'ophel said to Ab'salom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight. ¹ Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: ¹ Moreouer Ahithophel said vnto Absalom, Let mee nowe chuse out twelue thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after Dauid this night.

Bible Verse Review
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I will arise: Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 4:16, Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8

this night: Psalms 3:3-5, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 109:2-4

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:3 - Absalom 2 Samuel 13:5 - Lay thee 2 Samuel 15:28 - General 2 Samuel 16:11 - seeketh 2 Samuel 17:21 - thus hath Ahithophel 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently Esther 5:14 - the thing Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 38:12 - lay snares Psalms 43:1 - the deceitful Psalms 55:9 - divide Psalms 55:10 - Day Psalms 71:4 - out of the Psalms 71:10 - take Psalms 86:14 - assemblies Psalms 109:16 - he remembered Psalms 118:13 - General Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 144:11 - and deliver me Proverbs 12:6 - words Matthew 10:21 - the children 2 Corinthians 12:15 - though 1 Timothy 1:9 - murderers James 3:6 - a world

Cross-References

Genesis 5:22
And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God 300 years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methu'selah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God, after he begate Methuselah, three hundred yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, Ahithophel said unto Absalom,.... Either at the same time, or quickly after he had given the foregoing advice:

let me now choose out twelve thousand men: out of those that were with Absalom, which shows their number to be large; and twelve thousand are pitched upon with respect to the twelve tribes of Israel, a thousand from every tribe; Josephus has only ten thousand;

and I will arise and pursue after David this night; he took upon him to be general of the army, as well as a counsellor; or this he said to show how confident he was of the success of his counsel, that if Absalom, or any other, should decline the conduct of the army upon it, as a hazardous attempt, he would undertake it himself; or rather it may be, he was not willing that Absalom should go out in person with the army, not so much for his own safety, as lest through his affection for the king he should spare him, when he fell into his hands, or they two should be reconciled; he proposed to do it that night, partly for expedition, no time being to be lost, and partly for the greater surprise of David and his men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This night - The night of the day on which David fled, and Absalom entered into Jerusalem. Ahithophel’s idea was to fall upon David by surprise, and in the first confusion of the surprised army to seize and kill David only.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

Ahithophel counsels Absalom to pursue his father with twelve

thousand men, 14.

Hushai gives a different counsel, and is followed, 5-14.

Hushai informs Zadok and Abiathar; and they send word to David,

15-21.

David and his men go beyond Jordan, 22.

Ahithophel, finding his counsel slighted, goes home, sets his

house in order, and hangs himself, 23.

David moves to Mahanaim; and Absalom follows him over Jordan,

24-26.

Several friends meet David at Mahanaim with refreshments and

provisions, 27-29.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII

Verse 2 Samuel 17:1. Let me now choose out twelve thousand men — Had this counsel been followed, David and his little troop would soon have been destroyed; nothing but the miraculous interposition of God could have saved them. Twelve thousand chosen troops coming against him, in his totally unprepared state, would have soon settled the business of the kingdom. Ahithophel well saw that, this advice neglected, all was lost.