New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Samuel 17:7-10
7So Hushai said to Absalom, “1This time the advice that Ahithophel has 2given is not good.”
8Then Hushai said, “You yourself know your father and his men, that they are warriors and they are 3fierce, 4like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. And your father is an 5expert in warfare, and he will not spend the night with the people.
9Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the ravines, or in another place; and it will be that when he falls on them at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
10And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, 6will completely despair; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 17:7 2 Sam 16:21 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 17:7 Lit advised ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 17:8 Lit bitter of soul ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 17:8 Hos 13:8 ↩
- 5. 2 Samuel 17:8 Lit man of war ↩
- 6. 2 Samuel 17:10 Josh 2:9-11 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17
- 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
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