2 Samuel 17:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: ”

2 Samuel 17:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This night - The night of the day on which David fled, and Absalom entered into Jerusalem. Ahithophel’s idea was to fall upon David by surprise, and in the first confusion of the surprised army t...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, (a) Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: (a) The wicked are so greedy to execute their malice, that t...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ahithophel advises the instant pursuit and capture of David. I, he says, will bring back all the people unto thee, as a bride returns to her husband; thou seekest the life of only one man, there shal...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

choose out. Septuagint and Vulgate read "choose for myself". men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. I will . Ahithophel manifests personal vengeance. See note on 2 Samuel 16:21 with 2 Samuel 17:11 ....
2 Samuel 17:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: Let me now choose out twelve thousand men - Had this counsel been...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Moreover, Ahithophel said unto Absalom— Ahithophel, aware of the advantages of dispatch, advised an immediate pursuit of David, without suffering him to breathe from the fatigues that he had just g...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom. The success of the...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Ahithophel Absalom follows the advice of Hushai rather than that of Ahithophel, who thereupon hangs himself. David retreats to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 17:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XVII. (1) Pursue after David this night. — Ahithophel saw clearly that Absalom’s success depended on striking an immediate blow. He felt confident, and perhaps with reason, that David in his dis...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXII. ABSALOM IN COUNCIL . 2 Samuel 16:15-23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 . WE must now return to Jerusalem, and trace the course of events there on that memorable day when Dav...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tripped by Flattering Counsel 2 Samuel 17:1-14 What a contrast to the plottings of David's foes was his own state of mind, as disclosed in Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 , written at this time!...
2 Samuel 17:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ahithophel counseled immediate war-like activity. As David had not gone far, and could not have gathered round him any large number of men, let a company be sent to capture him, and that immediately....
2 Samuel 17:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The history of Absalom's rebellion, and David's difficulties in consequence thereof, is prosecuted through this chapter. Ahithophel's counsel being rejected by Absalom, and Hushai's accepte...
2 Samuel 17:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moreover, Ahithophel said unto Absalom ,.... Either at the same time, or quickly after he had given the foregoing advice: let me now choose out twelve thousand men : out of those that were with Ab...
2 Samuel 17:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: Ver. 1. Moreover, Ahithophel said unto Absalom. ] This was a s...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will arise and pursue after David It seems he was a soldier as well as a counsellor. Or, at least, he thought his counsel so sure of being successful that he offered himself to put it in executio...
2 Samuel 17:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ahithophel discerned clearly that if Absalom was to gain any victory over David he must strike quickly. Satan knows that the only way to establish the anti-christ in power is to destroy the true Chri...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hushai's Counsel. B. C. 1023. 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 17 Hushai, David's friend, being, by David's order, gone over to Absalom, by God's appointment overthroweth Ahithophel's counsel, 2 Samuel 17:1-14 . Hushai certifieth David ther...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 17:1 . “This night,” “The night following David’s flight and Absalom’s entrance into Jerusalem, as we may see very clearly from 2 Samuel 17:16 .” (Kei...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 17:17 . En-rogel was near Jerusalem. Joshua 15:7-8 . 2 Samuel 17:21 . Thus hath Ahithophel counselled. This disclosure of Absalom's plans saved David from being surprised, and drove...
2 Samuel 17:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 17:1 Let me now choose out twelve thousand men. The advice of Ahithophel was such as would have made success almost certain. The rebellion had taken David by surprise,...
2 Samuel 17:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moreover, Ahithophel, whose filthy counsel Absalom had just followed, said unto Absalom, let me now choose out twelve thousand men, a thousand for each of the twelve tribes, and I will arise and p...
2 Samuel 17:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 59:7 ; Isaiah 59:8 ; Proverbs 1:16 ; Proverbs 4:16 ; Psalms 109:2-4 ; Psalms 3:3-5 ; Psalms 4:8

2 Samuel 17:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 17:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 17:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 17:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 17:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 17:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 17:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 17:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge