2 Samuel 15:32-37; 2 Samuel 16:16-19
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;...
Call now . Hebrew "Call thou "(compare "thou", 2 Samuel 17:6 ); but Septuagint and Vulgate read "Call ye".
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Fall of Ahithophel Absalom follows the advice of Hushai rather than that of Ahithophel, who thereupon hangs himself. David retreats to Mahanai...
Call now Hushai. — The good sense of Absalom and all the people at once approved the counsel of Ahithophel; but, at a crisis so important, Absalom...
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...
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...
(5) Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. (6) And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spa...
Then said Absalom, call now Hushai the Archite also ,.... For it seems he was not at the council board at this time; whether he was as yet admitted...
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. Ver. 5. Call now Hushai the Archite also. ] God had s...
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai A wonderful effect of Divine Providence, influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel,...
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...
Hushai's Counsel. B. C. 1023. 1 Moreov...
A wonderful effect of Divine Providence, blinding his mind, and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, though it was...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 17:1 . “This night,” “The night following David’s flight and Absalom’s entrance into Jerusalem, as we...
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...
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...
Hushai's Counsel Accepted
Then said Absalom, by the dispensation of God, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith, what counsel is in his mou...
Call Hushai — A wonderful effect of Divine Providence, influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, though it was so evid...
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.