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Hebrew Modern Translation

שמואל ב 17:7

ויאמר חושי אל אבשלום לא טובה העצה אשר יעץ אחיתפל בפעם הזאת׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahithophel;   Armies;   Council;   Diplomacy;   Falsehood;   Friendship;   Spies;   Strategy;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prudence;  

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;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahithophel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahith'ophel;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמר חושי אל אבשלום לא טובה העצה אשר יעץ אחיתפל בפעם הזאת
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חוּשַׁ֖י אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹ֑ום לֹֽא־טוֹבָ֧ה הָעֵצָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־יָעַ֥ץ אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל בַּפַּ֥עַם הַזֹּֽאת ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמֶר חוּשַׁי אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם לֹֽא־טוֹבָה הָעֵצָה אֲשֶׁר־יָעַץ אֲחִיתֹפֶל בַּפַּעַם הַזֹּֽאת ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

given: Heb. counselled

not good: Proverbs 31:8

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:10 - Thus shalt thou 2 Chronicles 10:10 - Thus shalt Proverbs 27:14 - He that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hushai said to Absalom,.... Having leave to give his opinion freely:

the counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time; he owns that Ahithophel was a good counsellor, and that the counsel he gave was for the most part, if not always, good, but what he gave at this time was not so; the wisest of men may sometimes be mistaken. Abarbinel thinks he respects his former counsel, particularly that that was good, advising him to defile his father's bed, 2 Samuel 16:21; but this was not, for which he gives the following reasons.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At this time - Rather, “The counsel which Ahithophel has given this time is not good.” He contrasts it with that given before 2 Samuel 16:21, which was good. This gave an appearance of candour to his conduct, and so gave weight to his dissent. Observe the working of David’s prayer 2 Samuel 15:31.


 
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