2 Samuel 17:4
“And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.”
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2 Samuel 17:4 Context
2And I wil come vpon him while hee is wearie and weake handed, and wil make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee, and I will smite the king onely. 3And I wil bring backe all the people vnto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel. 5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he saith. 6And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this maner: shall we doe after his saying? if not, speake thou.
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- King James Version
So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
- Darby Bible
And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- World English Bible
And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible