2 Samuel 16:15

2 Samuel 16:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
• New International Version (NIV)Meanwhile, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him.

Context of 2 Samuel 16:15

13David and his men continued to walk along the road. Shimei walked along the side of the hill, near the road. As he went, he cursed David and he threw stones and dirt at David and his people. 14When King David and all the people who were with him reached the Jordan River, they were tired and weak. So they rested there. So Absalom and all the Israelites who were with him arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel came with him. 16David's friend, Hushai the Arkite, had also come there. He went to Absalom and he said to him, ‘May the king live for ever! May the king live for ever!’ 17Absalom asked Hushai, ‘Why have you not been faithful to your friend David? Why did you not go with him?’

2 Samuel 16:15 word by word

וְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֖אוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל אִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Absalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹם'ăbîyshâlôm 'abshâlôm · AbsalomH53
• and all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and Ahithophelאֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל'ăchîythôphel · AhithophelH302

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 16:15

• 2 Samuel 15:37So David's friend Hushai arrived at Jerusalem at the same time that Absalom was coming into the city.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 The wisest counsellors of that age were Ahithophel and Hushai: Absalom thinks himself sure of success, when he has both; on them he relies, and consults not the ark, though he had that with him. But miserable counsellors were they both. Hushai would never counsel him to do wisely. Ahithophel counselled him to do wickedly; and so did as effectually betray him, as he did, who was designedly false to him: for they that advise men to sin…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1915-19. Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king--Hushai's devotion to David was so well-known, that his presence in the camp of the conspirators excited great surprise. Professing, however, with great address, to consider it his duty to support the cause which the course of Providence and the national will had seemingly decreed should triumph, and urging his friendship for the father as a ground of confidence in his fidelity to the son, he persuaded…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 16:15

• Ahithophel
• Deception
• Diplomacy

In the dictionaries

• Absalom
• Israel
• Jerusalem
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Bible, the
• David
• Horse
• Israel, History of
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings