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

⁴ 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

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And what he said pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ This plan seemed excellent to Absalom and the Israelite elders.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:4 Cross References

Romans 1:32

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

Esther 5:14

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

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.

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.

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.

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.