2 Samuel 17:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ 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 all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.”

2 Samuel 17:5

Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear too what he has to say.”

2 Chronicles 30:4

The plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.

Esther 1:21

This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed;

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a pole fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hung on it; then go with the king to the banquet in good spirits.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.

1 Samuel 23:21

Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord for showing me compassion!