2 Samuel 17:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Samuel 17:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The man whom thou seekest - namely, David. Ahithophel means to say: “If I can only smite David, there will be no civil war, all the people will peaceably submit.”
2 Samuel 17:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I will bring back all the people unto thee: (b) the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. (b) Meaning David.
2 Samuel 17:3 - 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 17:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned - Only secure...
2 Samuel 17:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned— That is, David being destroyed, the main business is performed; he is, as it were, the life of the whole body, and when he is taken off, the rest wi...
2 Samuel 17:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I will bring back all the people ... the man whom thou se...
2 Samuel 17:3 - 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 17:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bring back all the people. — This evil counsellor, with artful flattery, assumes that Absalom is the rightful king, and that the people who have gone off after David only need to be brought back to...
2 Samuel 17:3 - 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 17:3 - 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 17:3 - 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 17:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: (2) And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak ha...
2 Samuel 17:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will bring back all the people unto thee ,.... Meaning not the people only that were with David, that he would make them prisoners, and bring them with him; for he before proposed to let them...
2 Samuel 17:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. The man whom thou seekest. ] Ah, lewd lowly! could...
2 Samuel 17:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will come upon him while he is weary Before he has had time to breathe from the fatigues he has just gone through; and weak- handed Before he has collected more forces. I will make him afraid...
2 Samuel 17:3 - 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 17:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hushai's Counsel. B. C. 1023. 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose...
2 Samuel 17:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned, i. e. the death of that man whom thou seekest to destroy is no less considerable to thee, than if all the people that follow him should desert him a...
2 Samuel 17:3 - 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 17:3 - 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 17:3 - 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 17:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hushai's Counsel Accepted
2 Samuel 17:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Samuel 3:21 ; Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 57:21

2 Samuel 17:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 17:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 17:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 17:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 17:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 17:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 17:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge