2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;


In Context

1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, |Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

2 I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;

3 and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.|

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

2 Samuel 17:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:2I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who are with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2And I will come on him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: