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2 Samuel 16:15

Meanwhile, Absalom, Ahithophel, and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahithophel;   Deception;   Diplomacy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hadadezer or Hadarezer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Samuel, Books of;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Ahithophel;   Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now Absalom and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem. Ahithophel was also with him.
Hebrew Names Version
Avshalom, and all the people, the men of Yisra'el, came to Yerushalayim, and Achitofel with him.
King James Version
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Lexham English Bible
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, had come to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
English Standard Version
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
New Century Version
Meanwhile, Absalom, Ahithophel, and all the Israelites arrived at Jerusalem.
New English Translation
Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.
Amplified Bible
Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
New American Standard Bible
Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Absalom, & all the people, the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, had entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Contemporary English Version
By this time, Absalom, Ahithophel, and the others had reached Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Meanwhile Avshalom and all the people, the men of Isra'el, came to Yerushalayim; Achitofel was with him.
Darby Translation
Now Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Absalom and all the people who were with him and all Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Good News Translation
Absalom and all the Israelites with him entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with them.
Literal Translation
And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, had come into Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Achitophel with him.
American Standard Version
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Bible in Basic English
And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Absalom & al the people the men of Israel came to Hierusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
King James Version (1611)
And Absalom and al the people the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abessalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him.
English Revised Version
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Absolon, and al the puple of Israel entriden in to Jerusalem, but also Achitofel with hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,
Update Bible Version
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
World English Bible
Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
New King James Version
Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him.
New Living Translation
Meanwhile, Absalom and all the army of Israel arrived at Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel.
New Life Bible
Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came into Jerusalem. And Ahithophel was with him.
New Revised Standard
Now Absalom and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem; Ahithophel was with him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Absolom and all the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, - and Ahithophel with him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Absalom and all his people came into Jerusalem, and Achitophel was with him.
Revised Standard Version
Now Ab'salom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahith'ophel with him.
THE MESSAGE
By this time Absalom and all his men were in Jerusalem. And Ahithophel was with them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

Contextual Overview

15 Meanwhile, Absalom, Ahithophel, and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem. 16 David's friend, Hushai the Arkite, came to Absalom and told him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" 17 Absalom answered, "Why are you not loyal to your friend David? Why did you not leave Jerusalem with your friend?" 18 Hushai said, "I belong to the one that the Lord chooses. These people and the people of Israel chose you. I will stay with you. 19 In the past, I served your father. So now I will serve you, David's son." 20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Please tell us what we should do." 21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Your father left some of his slave women here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear how you humiliated your father, and they will be encouraged to give you more support." 22 Then they put up a tent for Absalom up on the roof of the house. Absalom had sexual relations with his father's wives so that all the Israelites could see what happened. 23 So in those days Ahithophel's advice was very important. Both David and Absalom accepted his advice as though it were the word of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Absalom: 2 Samuel 15:37

Reciprocal: Psalms 3:1 - how

Cross-References

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Sarai is your owner. Go home to her and obey her."
Genesis 16:11
Then the angel of the Lord said, "Hagar, you are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard that you were treated badly.
Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "I hope Ishmael will live and serve you."
Genesis 17:20
"You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah. This cave is in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar. It was east of Mamre.
Genesis 25:12
This is the list of Ishmael's family. Ishmael was Abraham and Hagar's son. (Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian maid.)
Genesis 28:9
Esau already had two wives, but he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married another woman, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was Nebaioth's sister.
Genesis 37:27
We will profit more if we sell him to these traders. Then we will not be guilty of killing our own brother." The other brothers agreed.
1 Chronicles 1:28
Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,.... At the same time that David and his people came to Bahurim; which, as Josephus z says, was a place near to Jerusalem; and, according to Bunting a, was little more than a mile from it; though elsewhere b he makes it three miles; so that had not David made the hasty flight he did, he had fallen into the hands of Absalom:

and Ahithophel with him: a famous counsellor, and who had been of David's privy council, and chief in it, see 2 Samuel 15:12 and whom David refers to in Psalms 55:12.

z Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 4. a Travels, &c. p. 144. b Ib. p. 150.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 16:15. The men of Israel — These words are wanting in the Chaldee, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and Arabic, and in two of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS.


 
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