2 Samuel 17:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “But I advise: Let all Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Therefore I counsel that all [the men of] Israel be gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in your own person.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

Common English Bible

¹¹ So I would advise that all the Israelites, from Dan to Beer-sheba—a group as countless as sand on the seashore—be summoned to join you, and that you yourself go into battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.

2 Samuel 17:11 Cross References

Genesis 22:17

that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.

Psalm 9:16

יהוה  has made Himself known, He has done right-ruling; The wrong is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

Judges 20:1

And all the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 11:4

And they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as numerous as the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

1 Kings 20:10

And Ben-Haḏ

1 Kings 4:20

Yehuḏ

2 Samuel 24:2

And the sovereign said to Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 12:28

“And now, gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and it be called after my name.”

Genesis 13:16

“And I shall make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted.

Genesis 21:14

And Aḇ

1 Samuel 3:20

And all Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 13:5

And the Philistines gathered to fight Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 3:10

to cause the reign to pass over from the house of Sha’ul, and to raise up the throne of Dawiḏ