4And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.


In Context

1 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.

2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

3 And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.

4 And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

5 But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.

6 And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?

2 Samuel 17:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:4This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.