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2 Samuel 17:3
2 Samuel 17:3 is verse 3 of 2 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
LXX; see also DSS; MT and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you seek,
King James Version
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
World English Bible
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.”
Read in context
2 Samuel 17:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
2 I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
3 and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
4 This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 3:21Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.