Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

2 Samuel 17

1 Ahithophel's counsel is overthrown by Hushsai's, according to God's appointment. 15 Secret intelligence is sent unto David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 25 Amasa is made captain. 27 David at Mahanaim is furnished with provision.

 17:1 ¶ Moreover Ahithophel 302 said 559 z8799 unto x413 Absalom, 53 Let me now x4994 choose out 977 z8799 twelve 8147 6240 thousand 505 men, 376 and I will arise 6965 z8799 and pursue 7291 z8799 after 310 David 1732 this night: 3915

 17:2 And I will come 935 z8799 upon x5921 him while he x1931 [is] weary 3023 and weak 7504 handed, 3027 and will make him afraid: 2729 z8689 x853 and all x3605 the people 5971 that x834 [are] with x854 him shall flee; 5127 z8804 and I will smite 5221 z8689 x853 the king 4428 only: x905

 17:3 And I will bring back 7725 z8686 all x3605 the people 5971 unto x413 thee: the man 376 whom x834 thou x859 seekest 1245 z8764 [is] as if all x3605 returned: 7725 z8800 [so] all x3605 the people 5971 shall be x1961 in peace. 7965

 17:4 And the saying 1697 pleased 3474 z8799 Absalom 53 well, 5869 and all x3605 the elders 2205 of Israel. 3478

 17:5 Then said 559 z8799 Absalom, 53 Call 7121 z8798 now x4994 Hushai 2365 the Archite 757 also, x1571 and let us hear 8085 z8799 likewise x1571 what x4100 he x1931 saith. 6310

 17:6 And when Hushai 2365 was come 935 z8799 to x413 Absalom, 53 Absalom 53 spake 559 z8799 unto x413 him, saying, 559 z8800 Ahithophel 302 hath spoken 1696 z8765 after this x2088 manner: 1697 shall we do 6213 z8799 [after] x853 his saying? 1697 if x518 not; x369 speak 1696 z8761 thou. x859

 17:7 And Hushai 2365 said 559 z8799 unto x413 Absalom, 53 The counsel 6098 that x834 Ahithophel 302 hath given 3289 z8804 [is] not x3808 good 2896 at this x2063 time. 6471

 17:8 For, said 559 z8799 Hushai, 2365 thou x859 knowest 3045 z8804 x853 thy father 1 and his men, y582 x376 that x3588 they x1992 [be] mighty men, 1368 and they x1992 [be] chafed 4751 in their minds, 5315 as a bear 1677 robbed y7909 of her whelps x7909 in the field: 7704 and thy father 1 [is] a man 376 of war, 4421 and will not x3808 lodge 3885 z8799 with x854 the people. 5971

 17:9 Behold, x2009 he x1931 is hid 2244 z8737 now x6258 in some 259 pit, 6354 or x176 in some 259 [other] place: 4725 and it will come to pass, x1961 when some of them be overthrown 5307 z8800 at the first, 8462 that whosoever y8085 z8802 heareth 8085 z8804 it will say, 559 z8804 There is x1961 a slaughter 4046 among the people 5971 that x834 follow 310 Absalom. 53

 17:10 And he x1931 also x1571 [that is] valiant, 1121 2428 whose x834 heart 3820 [is] as the heart 3820 of a lion, 738 shall utterly y4549 z8736 melt: 4549 z8735 for x3588 all x3605 Israel 3478 knoweth 3045 z8802 that x3588 thy father 1 [is] a mighty man, 1368 and [they] which x834 [be] with x854 him [are] valiant 2428 men. 1121

 17:11 Therefore x3588 I counsel 3289 z8804 that all x3605 Israel 3478 be generally 622 z8736 gathered 622 z8735 unto x5921 thee, from Dan 1835 x4480 even to x5704 Beersheba, 884 as the sand 2344 that x834 [is] by x5921 the sea 3220 for multitude; 7230 and that thou go 1980 z8802 to battle 7128 in thine own person. 6440

 17:12 So shall we come 935 z8804 upon x413 him in some 259 place 4725 where x834 x8033 he shall be found, 4672 z8738 and we will light y5168 x5117 upon x5921 him as x834 the dew 2919 falleth 5307 z8799 on x5921 the ground: 127 and of him and of all x3605 the men y582 x376 that x834 [are] with x854 him there shall not x3808 be left 3498 z8738 so much x1571 as y1571 one. 259

 17:13 Moreover, if 518 he be gotten 622 z8735 into x413 a city, 5892 then shall all x3605 Israel 3478 bring 5375 z8689 ropes 2256 to x413 that x1931 city, 5892 and we will draw 5498 z8804 it into x5704 the river, 5158 until x5704 x834 there be not x3808 one y1571 small x1571 stone 6872 found 4672 z8738 there. x8033

 17:14 And Absalom 53 and all x3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 said, 559 z8799 The counsel 6098 of Hushai 2365 the Archite 757 [is] better 2896 than the counsel 6098 x4480 of Ahithophel. 302 For the LORD 3068 had appointed 6680 z8765 to defeat 6565 z8687 x853 the good 2896 counsel 6098 of Ahithophel, 302 to the intent 5668 that the LORD 3068 might bring 935 z8687 evil 7451 upon x413 Absalom. 53

 17:15 ¶ Then said 559 z8799 Hushai 2365 unto x413 Zadok 6659 and to x413 Abiathar 54 the priests, 3548 Thus x2063 and thus x2063 did Ahithophel 302 counsel 3289 z8804 x853 Absalom 53 and the elders 2205 of Israel; 3478 and thus x2063 and thus x2063 have I x589 counselled. 3289 z8804

 17:16 Now x6258 therefore send 7971 z8798 quickly, 4120 and tell 5046 z8685 David, 1732 saying, 559 z8800 Lodge 3885 z8799 not x408 this night 3915 in the plains 6160 z8675 y5679 of the wilderness, 4057 but x1571 speedily 5674 z8800 pass over; 5674 z8799 lest x6435 the king 4428 be swallowed up, 1104 z8792 and all x3605 the people 5971 that x834 [are] with x854 him.

 17:17 Now Jonathan 3083 and Ahimaaz 290 stayed 5975 z8802 by Enrogel; 5883 for x3588 they might 3201 z8799 not x3808 be seen 7200 z8736 to come 935 z8800 into the city: 5892 and a wench 8198 went 1980 z8804 and told 5046 z8689 them; and they x1992 went y3212 z8799 x1980 and told 5046 z8689 king 4428 David. 1732

 17:18 Nevertheless a lad 5288 saw 7200 z8799 them, and told 5046 z8686 Absalom: 53 but they went y3212 z8799 x1980 both 8147 of them away quickly, 4120 and came 935 z8799 to x413 a man's 376 house 1004 in Bahurim, 980 which had a well 875 in his court; 2691 whither 8033 they went down. 3381 z8799

 17:19 And the woman 802 took 3947 z8799 and spread 6566 z8799 x853 a covering 4539 over x5921 the well's 875 mouth, 6440 and spread 7849 z8799 ground corn 7383 thereon; x5921 and the thing 1697 was not x3808 known. 3045 z8738

 17:20 And when Absalom's 53 servants 5650 came 935 z8799 to x413 the woman 802 to the house, 1004 they said, 559 z8799 Where x346 [is] Ahimaaz 290 and Jonathan? 3083 And the woman 802 said 559 z8799 unto them, They be gone over 5674 z8804 the brook 4323 of water. 4325 And when they had sought 1245 z8762 and could not x3808 find 4672 z8804 [them], they returned 7725 z8799 to Jerusalem. 3389

 17:21 And it came to pass, x1961 after 310 they were departed, y3212 z8800 x1980 that they came up 5927 z8799 out of the well, 875 x4480 and went y3212 z8799 x1980 and told 5046 z8686 king 4428 David, 1732 and said 559 z8799 unto x413 David, 1732 Arise, 6965 z8798 and pass quickly y4120 over 5674 z8798 x4120 x853 the water: 4325 for x3588 thus x3602 hath Ahithophel 302 counselled 3289 z8804 against x5921 you.

 17:22 Then David 1732 arose, 6965 z8799 and all x3605 the people 5971 that x834 [were] with x854 him, and they passed over 5674 z8799 x853 Jordan: 3383 by x5704 the morning 1242 light 216 there lacked 5737 z8738 not x3808 one 259 of them that x834 was not x3808 gone over 5674 z8804 x853 Jordan. 3383

 17:23 ¶ And when Ahithophel 302 saw 7200 z8804 that x3588 his counsel 6098 was not x3808 followed, 6213 z8738 he saddled 2280 z8799 [his] x853 ass, 2543 and arose, 6965 z8799 and gat x1980 him home y3212 z8799 to x413 his house, 1004 to x413 his city, 5892 and put x6680 x413 his household 1004 in order, y6680 z8762 and hanged y2614 z8735 himself, x2614 and died, 4191 z8799 and was buried 6912 z8735 in the sepulchre 6913 of his father. 1

 17:24 Then David 1732 came 935 z8804 to Mahanaim. 4266 And Absalom 53 passed over 5674 z8804 x853 Jordan, 3383 he x1931 and all x3605 the men 376 of Israel 3478 with x5973 him.

 17:25 ¶ And Absalom 53 made 7760 z8804 Amasa 6021 captain x5921 of the host 6635 instead x8478 of Joab: 3097 which Amasa 6021 [was] a man's 376 son, 1121 whose name 8034 [was] Ithra 3501 an Israelite, 3481 that x834 went x935 in y935 z8804 to x413 Abigail 26 the daughter 1323 of Nahash, 5176 sister 269 to Zeruiah 6870 Joab's 3097 mother. 517

 17:26 So Israel 3478 and Absalom 53 pitched 2583 z8799 in the land 776 of Gilead. 1568

 17:27 ¶ And it came to pass, x1961 when David 1732 was come 935 z8800 to Mahanaim, 4266 that Shobi 7629 the son 1121 of Nahash 5176 of Rabbah 7237 x4480 of the children 1121 of Ammon, 5983 and Machir 4353 the son 1121 of Ammiel 5988 of Lodebar, 3810 x4480 and Barzillai 1271 the Gileadite 1569 of Rogelim, 7274 x4480

 17:28 Brought 5066 z8689 beds, 4904 and basons, 5592 and earthen 3335 z8802 vessels, 3627 and wheat, 2406 and barley, 8184 and flour, 7058 and parched 7039 [corn], and beans, 6321 and lentiles, 5742 and parched 7039 [pulse],

 17:29 And honey, 1706 and butter, 2529 and sheep, 6629 and cheese 8194 of kine, 1241 for David, 1732 and for the people 5971 that x834 [were] with x854 him, to eat: 398 z8800 for x3588 they said, 559 z8804 The people 5971 [is] hungry, 7457 and weary, 5889 and thirsty, 6771 in the wilderness. 4057