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Myles Coverdale Bible

2 Samuel 17:5

But Absalom sayde: I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also, and let vs heare what he sayeth therto.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahithophel;   Council;   Diplomacy;   Friendship;   Spies;   War;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite also. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Avshalom, Call now Hushai the Arki also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Lexham English Bible
Then Absalom said, "Please call also for Hushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he has to say also."
English Standard Version
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
New Century Version
But Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Arkite, so I can hear what he says."
New English Translation
But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say."
Amplified Bible
Nevertheless, Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless, Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let's hear what he has to say."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, "Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what is also in his mouth."
Contemporary English Version
Then Absalom said, "Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Avshalom said, "Now call also Hushai the Arki, and let's give equal hearing to what he has to say."
Darby Translation
And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Arkite. I also want to hear what he says."
George Lamsa Translation
Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us likewise hear what he has to say.
Good News Translation
Absalom said, "Now call Hushai, and let us hear what he has to say."
Literal Translation
And Absalom said, Please call for Hushai the Archite also. And we shall hear what is in his mouth, also he.
American Standard Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Bible in Basic English
Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Absalom: Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also, and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'
King James Version (1611)
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he saith.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what is in his mouth, even in his also.
English Revised Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, "Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Absolon seide, Clepe ye also Chusy of Arath, and here we what also he seith.
Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth -- even he.'
Update Bible Version
Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
World English Bible
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
New King James Version
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says too."
New Living Translation
But then Absalom said, "Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let's see what he thinks about this."
New Life Bible
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also. Let us hear what he has to say."
New Revised Standard
Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear too what he has to say."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Absolom, I pray you, call ye Hushai the Archite also, - and let us hear what is in, his, mouth, also.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
Revised Standard Version
Then Ab'salom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
THE MESSAGE
But then Absalom said, "Call in Hushai the Arkite—let's hear what he has to say."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

Contextual Overview

1 And Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom: I wil chose out twolue thousande me, and wyl get me vp, and persue Dauid by nighte, 2 and fall vpo him whan he is feble and weery: When I vexe him the, so that all the people which is by him, flieth, I wil smite the kynge onely, 3 and brynge all the people vnto the agayne. So whan euery man is brought vnto the as thou desyrest, then shal all the people be in peace. 4 Absalom thought that good, and so dyd all the Elders in Israel. 5 But Absalom sayde: I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also, and let vs heare what he sayeth therto. 6 And wha Chusai came in to Absalom, Absalom saide vnto him: Thus hath Achitophel spoken, Saye thou now, shal we do it or not? 7 Then sayde Chusai vnto Absalom: It is no good councell yt Achitophel hath geuen at this tyme. 8 And Chusai sayde morouer: Thou knowest thy father well and his men, that they are stronge and of a wrothfull stomack, euen as a Beer that is robbed of hir yonge ones in the felde, Thy father also is a man of warre, and wyl not be necliget with the people. 9 Beholde, he hath now peraduenture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some place. Yf it came to passe then that it chaunced euell at the first, & there shulde come a rumor and saye: There is a slaughter done in the people that folowed Absalo: 10 the shulde euery man be discoraged, which els is valeaunt, & hath a hert like a lyo: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is stronge, and that all they which be with him, are mightie men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hushai: 2 Samuel 15:32-37, 2 Samuel 16:16-19

he saith: Heb. is in his mouth

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:34 - then mayest 1 Kings 12:6 - consulted 1 Kings 12:9 - General 2 Chronicles 10:6 - What counsel 2 Chronicles 10:9 - What advice

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me & the, and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly.
Genesis 17:4
Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.
Genesis 17:15
And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai, but Sara shal be hir name:
Genesis 17:21
But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth.
Genesis 17:23
Than toke Abraham his sonne Ismael, and all the seruauntes borne in his house, and all that were bought, (as many as were men children in his house,) and circumcyded the foreskynne of their flesh, euen the same daye, as God had sayde vnto him.
Genesis 32:28
He sayde: Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob, but Israel, for thou hast stryuen with God and with men, and hast preuayled.
Numbers 13:16
These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande. As for Hosea the sonne of Nun, Moses called him Iosua.
2 Samuel 12:25
And he put him vnder the hade of Nathan ye prophet, which called him Iedidia because of the LORDE.
Nehemiah 9:7
Thou art the LORDE God, that hast chosen Abra, and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea, & called him Abraham,
Isaiah 65:15
Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen, for God the LORDE shal slaye you, and call his seruauntes by another name.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Absalom, call now Hushai the Archite also,.... For it seems he was not at the council board at this time; whether he was as yet admitted to it is not certain: there is something very remarkable in the providence of God, to incline Absalom to have the opinion of Hushai upon this point, when the counsel of Ahithophel was so universally approved of; and Hushai also being well known to have been an intimate friend and confident of David's, and not so settled and established in the interest of Absalom, and such a sworn friend of his as Ahithophel was; this can only be ascribed to the will of God, to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, and the wisdom of divine Providence in blinding the mind of Absalom with respect to his counsel, and inclining it to take the opinion of Hushai:

and let us hear likewise what he saith; which he might say without any diffidence about the "counsel" given, but knowing that in the multitude of counsellors there is safety; and Hushai being a wise and good counsellor, he might hope and expect that he would give the same advice, and so strengthen and confirm it.


 
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