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2 Samuel 17:4
2 Samuel 17:4 is verse 4 of 2 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
King James Version
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
World English Bible
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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2 Samuel 17:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
6 So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 18:20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
2 Chronicles 30:4This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.
Esther 1:21The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.