2 Samuel 17:3

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

Related Commentaries of 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 p...
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) Me...
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;...
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 who...
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...
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...
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 Mahanai...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The death of David would put an end to all resistance, and bring about peace.
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 go...
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 cou...
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 Psa...
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 com...
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...
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...
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....
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 h...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hushai's Counsel. B. C. 1023. 1 Moreov...
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...
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...
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...
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 c...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hushai's Counsel Accepted
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and I will bring back all the people unto thee, also the men who had joined David: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned, David alone bei...

³ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 17:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 17:3