2 Samuel 17:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

since he's the one you want to get rid of. Then I'll bring the whole nation back to you like a bride coming home to her husband. This way there won't be a civil war.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:4

Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan.

2 Samuel 3:21

After the feast, Abner said, “Your Majesty, let me leave now and bring Israel here to make an agreement with you. You'll be king of the whole nation, just as you've been wanting.” David told Abner he could leave, and he left without causing any trouble.

Isaiah 48:22

But the LORD has promised that none who are evil will live in peace.”

Isaiah 57:21

But I, the LORD, have promised that none who are evil will live in peace.

Jeremiah 6:14

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.