2 Samuel 17:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And what he said pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

This plan seemed excellent to Absalom and the Israelite elders.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:3

And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.

2 Samuel 17:5

0 And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.

2 Chronicles 30:4

For if you turn again to the Lord: your brethren, and children shall find mercy before their masters, that have led them away captive, and they shall return into this land: for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

Esther 1:21

And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.

Esther 5:14

The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.

Romans 1:32

But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.

1 Samuel 23:21

6 And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.