2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 17 connects to 7 cross-references. Ahithophel advises Absalom to pursue David immediately with 12,000 men tonight; Hushai counter-advises waiting to gather all Israel for an overwhelming force, appealing to Absalom's vanity. Absalom follows Hushai's counsel—God's design to bring disaster on Absalom. Jonathan and Ahimaaz relay …
Other Translations
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
Cross References
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand …
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, …
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the …