2 Samuel 17:4

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 17:4

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;...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pleased . was good in the eyes of, and . and [in the eyes of] all.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
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 the saying pleased Absalom well, and all elders of Israel. That were of the privy council; for it was a well contrived scheme to surprise David...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. Ver. 4. And the saying pleased Absalom well. ] Heb., Was right in the eyes of A...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel That such a wretch as Absalom should aim at his father's throat is not strange. But t...
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

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 the saying pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel, for it was in truth the very best plan in favor of Absalom's cause.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:20 ; 1 Samuel 18:21 ; 1 Samuel 23:21 ; 2 Chronicles 30:4 ; Esther 1:21 ; Esther 5:14 ; Romans 1:32

⁴ And the saying pleaseda Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 17:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:4