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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 17:14

押沙龍和以色列眾人都說:“亞基人戶篩的謀略比亞希多弗的好。”因為耶和華定意要破壞亞希多弗的好計謀,為要降災禍給押沙龍。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahithophel;   Armies;   Council;   Diplomacy;   Falsehood;   Friendship;   Spies;   Strategy;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ahithophel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Amasa;   Hushai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evil;   Friend, Friendship;   Providence of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Archite;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Hushai;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel ;   Archite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Hushai;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahith'ophel;   Ar'chite, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intend;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
押 沙 龙 和 以 色 列 众 人 说 : 亚 基 人 户 筛 的 计 谋 比 亚 希 多 弗 的 计 谋 更 好 ! 这 是 因 耶 和 华 定 意 破 坏 亚 希 多 弗 的 良 谋 , 为 要 降 祸 与 押 沙 龙 。

Contextual Overview

1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men and chase David tonight. 2 I'll catch him while he is tired and weak, and I'll frighten him so all his people will run away. But I'll kill only King David. 3 Then I'll bring everyone back to you. If the man you are looking for is dead, everyone else will return safely." 4 This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel. 5 But Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Arkite, so I can hear what he says." 6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "This is the plan Ahithophel gave. Should we follow it? If not, tell us." 7 Hushai said to Absalom, "Ahithophel's advice is not good this time." 8 Hushai added, "You know your father and his men are strong. They are as angry as a bear that is robbed of its cubs. Your father is a skilled fighter. He won't stay all night with the army. 9 He is probably already hiding in a cave or some other place. If the first attack fails, people will hear the news and think, ‘Absalom's followers are losing!' 10 Then even the men who are as brave as lions will be frightened, because all the Israelites know your father is a fighter. They know his men are brave!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: 2 Samuel 15:31, Genesis 32:28, Exodus 9:16, Deuteronomy 2:30, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 25:20

appointed: Heb. commanded, Psalms 33:9, Psalms 33:10, Lamentations 3:37, Amos 9:3

to defeat: 2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 16:23, Job 5:12-14, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 8:10, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 3:19

good counsel: Luke 16:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:5 - God 2 Samuel 2:12 - Mahanaim 2 Samuel 15:12 - Ahithophel 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently 1 Kings 12:15 - that he might 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 12:17 - General Job 17:4 - General Job 18:7 - his own Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 7:6 - to the Psalms 86:14 - assemblies Ecclesiastes 9:11 - that the race Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 30:28 - causing Jeremiah 18:18 - counsel Jeremiah 50:36 - dote Matthew 2:8 - go

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people."
Genesis 17:12
From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave, who is not one of your descendants.
Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year."
Genesis 17:24
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.
Genesis 17:26
Abraham and his son were circumcised on the same day.
Exodus 12:15
For this feast you must eat bread made without yeast for seven days. On the first day, you are to remove all the yeast from your houses. No one should eat any yeast for the full seven days of the feast, or that person will be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:19
For seven days there must not be any yeast in your houses. Anybody who eats yeast during this time, either an Israelite or non-Israelite, must be cut off from the community of Israel.
Exodus 30:33
If anyone makes perfume like it or puts it on someone who is not a priest, that person must be cut off from his people.'"
Exodus 30:38
Whoever makes incense like this to use as perfume must be cut off from his people."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said,.... That is, the elders, who before approved of the counsel of Ahithophel, 2 Samuel 17:4;

the counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel; it appeared to them most plausible, and most likely to be attended with success:

for the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel; for so it was to Absalom and his party the best and wisest that could be given them; but it was the Lord's will it should be defeated, and therefore the minds of Absalom and of the elders of Israel were blinded:

to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom; his person and cause; that his cause might be ruined, and he himself slain in battle; see Proverbs 19:21.


 
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