2 Samuel 15:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Thus Absalom did to every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Thus Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Common English Bible

⁶ This is how Absalom treated every Israelite who came to the king seeking justice. This is how Absalom stole the hearts of the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And he was doing this to all those of Israel arriving for judgment to be heard by the king. And he solicited the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:6 Cross References

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Proverbs 11:9

With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

2 Samuel 15:13

A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the Israelites have gone after Absalom.”

Daniel 11:21

In his place shall arise a contemptible person on whom royal majesty had not been conferred; he shall come in suddenly and seize the kingdom through intrigue.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that youth who replaced the king;