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


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.

5 Then Absalom said, |Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.|

6 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, |Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.|

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients 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 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.