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2 Samuel 15:13
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Then an informer came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Yisra'el are after Avshalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
Then the messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom."
And a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom."
A messenger came to David, saying, "The Israelites are giving their loyalty to Absalom."
Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!"
Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."
Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom."
Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.
Then an informant came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have followed Absalom."
A messenger came and told David, "Everyone in Israel is on Absalom's side!"
A messenger came to David saying, "The men of Isra'el have aligned themselves with Avshalom."
And there came one to David who reported saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
A man came in to tell the news to David. The man said, "The people of Israel are beginning to follow Absalom."
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.
A messenger reported to David, "The Israelites are pledging their loyalty to Absalom."
And a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
Then came one which tolde Dauid, and sayde, that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
And ther came a messenger to Dauid, and sayde: The heartes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying: 'The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.'
And there came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is gone after Abessalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."
Therfor a messanger cam to Dauid, and seide, With al herte al Israel sueth Absolon.
And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
Now a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."
Then a man came to David with news, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."
A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the Israelites have gone after Absalom."
Then came one bearing tidings unto David, saying, - It hath come about, that the heart of the men of Israel goeth after Absolom.
And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.
And a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Ab'salom."
Someone came to David with the report, "The whole country has taken up with Absalom!"
Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The hearts: 2 Samuel 15:6, 2 Samuel 3:36, Judges 9:3, Psalms 62:9, Matthew 21:9, Matthew 27:22
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:10 - whom 1 Kings 2:7 - when I fled 1 Kings 2:15 - Thou knowest 1 Kings 12:16 - So Israel 2 Chronicles 10:16 - So all Israel Job 1:14 - messenger Proverbs 24:21 - meddle Ecclesiastes 4:16 - no end
Cross-References
Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great."
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
And Abram believed the Lord , and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.
Then the Lord told him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession."
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?"
Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
Then the Lord said to Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.
And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God."
So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there came a messenger to David,.... Perhaps one of the two hundred that went with Absalom, ignorant of his design; which, when discovered, he disapproved of, and got away from him, and came to David, and informed him how things were:
saying, the hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom; to make him king.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 15:13. The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. — It is very difficult to account for this general defection of the people. Several reasons are given:
1. David was old or afflicted, and could not well attend to the administration of justice in the land.
2. It does appear that the king did not attend to the affairs of state, and that there were no properly appointed judges in the land; see 2 Samuel 15:3.
3. Joab's power was overgrown; he was wicked and insolent, oppressive to the people, and David was afraid to execute the laws against him.
4. There were still some partisans of the house of Saul, who thought the crown not fairly obtained by David.
5. David was under the displeasure of the Almighty, for his adultery with Bath-sheba, and his murder of Uriah; and God let his enemies loose against him.
6. There are always troublesome and disaffected men in every state, and under every government; who can never rest, and are ever hoping for something from a change.
7. Absalom appeared to be the real and was the undisputed heir to the throne; David could not, in the course of nature, live very long; and most people are more disposed to hail the beams of the rising, than exult in those of the setting, sun. No doubt some of these causes operated, and perhaps most of them exerted less or more influence in this most scandalous business.