2 Samuel 17:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear too what he has to say.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Absalom said, Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Common English Bible

⁵ But Absalom said, “Call Hushai from Erek. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But Absalom said, "Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite; and let us hear what he also saith.

2 Samuel 17:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 17:4

The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:6

When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “This is what Ahithophel has said; shall we do as he advises? If not, you tell us.”

1 Kings 12:9

He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”