2 Samuel 17:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 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.

2 Samuel 17:5

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.

Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Romans 1:32

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they which practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.