2 Samuel 15:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ And Aḇshalom did this to all Yisra’ĕl who came to the sovereign for right-ruling. And Aḇshalom stole the hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king: and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:13

Then a messenger came to Dawiḏ, saying, “The hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl are with Aḇshalom.”

Proverbs 11:9

The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I have seen all the living who walk under the sun; they were with the second youth who stands in his place.

Daniel 11:21

“And in his place shall arise a despised one, to whom they shall not give the excellency of the rule. But he shall come in peaceably, and seize the rule by flatteries.

Romans 16:18

For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.