2 Samuel 17:4 - The Scriptures 2009

And the saying pleased Aḇshalom and all the elders of Yisra’ĕl.

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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 bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people should be at peace.”

2 Samuel 17:5

But Aḇshalom said, “Now call Ḥushai the Arkite also, and let us hear what he says too.”

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the matter was right in the eyes of the sovereign and in the eyes of all the assembly.

Esther 1:21

And the word was good in the eyes of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign did according to the word of Memuḵan.

Esther 5:14

So his wife Zeresh and all his loved ones said to him, “Let a wooden structure be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the sovereign that Mordeḵai be hanged on it. And go with the sovereign to the feast, rejoicing.” And the word pleased Haman, and he had the wooden structure made.

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

1 Samuel 23:21

And Sha’ul said, “Blessed are you of יהוה, for you have sympathy with me.