2 Samuel 17
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2 Samuel 17:23-29

23Now whenH3512 AhithophelH302 sawH7200 that his counselH6098 was not 1followedH6213, he 2saddledH2280 his donkeyH2543 and aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to his homeH1004, to 3his cityH5892, and 45setH6680 his houseH1004 in orderH6680, and 6strangledH2614 himself; thus he diedH4191 and was buriedH6912 in the graveH6913 of his fatherH1.

24Then DavidH1732 cameH935 to 7MahanaimH4266. And AbsalomH53 crossedH5674 the JordanH3383, he and allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 with him. 25AbsalomH53 setH7760 8AmasaH6021 overH5921 the armyH6635 in placeH8478 of JoabH3097. Now AmasaH6021 was the sonH1121 of a manH376 whose nameH8034 was 9IthraH3501 the IsraeliteH3481, whoH834 wentH935 in to AbigailH26 the daughterH1323 of 10NahashH5176, sisterH269 of ZeruiahH6870, Joab’sH3097 motherH517. 26And IsraelH3478 and AbsalomH53 campedH2583 in the landH776 of GileadH1568.

27Now when DavidH1732 had comeH935 to MahanaimH4266, ShobiH7629 11the sonH1121 of NahashH5176 from 12RabbahH7237 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983, 13MachirH4353 the sonH1121 of AmmielH5988 from Lo-debarH3810, and 14BarzillaiH1271 the GileaditeH1569 from RogelimH7274, 28broughtH5066 15bedsH4904, basinsH5592, potteryH3627, wheatH2406, barleyH8184, flourH7058, parchedH7039 grain, beansH6321, lentilsH5742, parchedH7039 seeds, 29honeyH1706, curdsH2529, sheepH6629, and cheeseH8194 of the herdH1241, for DavidH1732 and for the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him, 16to eatH398; for they saidH559, “The peopleH5971 are hungryH7457 and wearyH5889 and thirstyH6771 in the wildernessH4057.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit done ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit bound ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 17:23 2 Sam 15:12 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit gave charge to ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 17:23 2 Kin 20:1 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 17:23 Matt 27:5 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 17:24 Gen 32:2, 10; 2 Sam 2:8 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 17:25 2 Sam 19:13; 20:9-12; 1 Kin 2:5, 32 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 17:25 1 Chr 2:16 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 17:27 1 Sam 11:1; 2 Sam 10:1, 2 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 12:26, 29 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 9:4 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 19:31-39; 1 Kin 2:7 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 17:28 Prov 11:25; Matt 5:7 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 17:29 2 Sam 16:2, 14; Prov 21:26; Eccl 11:1; Rom 12:13 ↩

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