2 Samuel 17:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Absalom thought that good, and so dyd all the Elders in Israel.

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  • 1 Sam 18:20-21 : 20 Neuerthelesse Michol Sauls doughter loued Dauid. Whan this was tolde Saul, ye matter pleased him well, 21 & he sayde: I wyl geue him her, yt she maye be a snare vnto him, & that the handes of ye Philistynes maye come vpon him. And he sayde vnto Dauid: This daye shalt thou be my doughters husbade ye secode time.
  • 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 Then sayde Saul: Blessed be ye of the LORDE, that ye haue had pytie vpon me:
  • 2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And it pleased the kynge well and all the cogregacion.
  • Esth 1:21 : 21 This pleased the kynge and the prynces, and the kynge dyd acordynge to the worde of Memuchan.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then sayde Seres his wife and all his frendes vnto him: Let the make a galowe of fiftye cubites hie, & tomorow speake thou vnto the kynge, that Mardocheus maye be hanged theron, yf thou comest merely with the kynge vnto the bancket. Aman was well content withall, and caused a galowe to be prepared.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 which men, though they knowe the righteousnes of God (that they which do soch, are worthy of death) yet not onely do the same, but also haue pleasure in those that do the.

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  • 2 Sam 17:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5But Absalom sayde: I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also, and let vs heare what he sayeth therto.

    6And wha Chusai came in to Absalom, Absalom saide vnto him: Thus hath Achitophel spoken, Saye thou now, shal we do it or not?

    7Then sayde Chusai vnto Absalom: It is no good councell yt Achitophel hath geuen at this tyme.

  • 2 Sam 15:1-7
    7 verses
    78%

    1And after this it fortuned that Absalom caused to prepare himselfe chearettes and horses, and fyftye men, which were his fote me.

    2And Absalo gat him vp allwaye early in the mornynge, and stode in the waye by the porte: and whan eny man had a matter which shulde come to the kynge for iudgment, Absalom called vnto him and sayde: Of what cite art thou? Yf he sayde then: thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel,

    3then sayde Absalom vnto him: Beholde, thy matter is righte and plaine: but there is noman appoynted ye of the kynge to heare the.

    4And Absalom sayde: O who setteth me to be iudge in ye londe, that euery man which hath a plee or matter to do in ye lawe, might come to me, that I might helpe him to right

    5And whan eny man came to him to do worshippe & to do him obeisaunce, he put forth his hade, and helde him & kyssed him.

    6After this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan they came to the lawe vnto the kynge, and so dyd he steale awaye the hert of ye men of Israel.

    7After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the kynge: I wil go and perfourme my vowe at Hebron, which I made vnto the LORDE.

  • 2 Sam 17:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13But yf he resorte in to a cite, then shal all Israel cast roapes aboute the same cite, and drawe it in to the riuer, so that there shal not one stone of it be founde

    14Then sayde Absalom and euery man in Israel: The councell of Chusai the Arachite is better then Achitophels councell. But the LORDE broughte it so to passe, that ye good councell of Achitophel was hyndred, that the LORDE mighte brynge euell vpon Absalom.

    15And Chusai sayde vnto Sadoc & Abiathar the prestes: Thus and thus hath Achitophel counceled Absalom and the Elders in Israel: but so and so haue I counceled.

  • 2 Sam 15:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12Absalom sent also for Achitophel (the Gilonyte) Dauids counceler, out of his cite Gilo. Now whan he did the sacrifice, the conspiracion was mightie and the people ranne together, and multyplied with Absalom.

    13Then came one which tolde Dauid, and sayde, that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 3:36
    76%

    36And all ye people knewe it, and it pleased them well all that ye kynge dyd in the sighte of all the people.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    76%

    3and brynge all the people vnto the agayne. So whan euery man is brought vnto the as thou desyrest, then shal all the people be in peace.

  • 2 Chr 30:4
    75%

    4And it pleased the kynge well and all the cogregacion.

  • 2 Sam 16:15-18
    4 verses
    75%

    15But Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Achitophel with him.

    16Whan Chusai the Arachite Dauids frende came into Absalom, he sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the kynge God saue the kynge.

    17Absalom sayde vnto Chusai: Is this thy mercy vnto thy frende? Why art thou not gone with thy frende?

    18Chusai sayde vnto Absalom: Not so, but loke whom the LORDE choseth, and this people, and all the men in Israel, his wyl I be, and byde with him.

  • 2 Sam 16:20-23
    4 verses
    74%

    20And Absalom sayde vnto Achitophel: Geue vs youre councell what we shal do?

    21Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom: Go lye with thy fathers concubynes, whom he hath lefte to kepe the house, so shall all Israel heare that thou hast made thy father to stynke, and the hande of all them that are with ye, shal be the bolder.

    22Then made they a tente vnto Absalom vpon the house toppe. And Absalom laye with his fathers concubynes in the sighte of all Israel.

    23At that tyme whan Achitophel gaue a councell, that was euen as yf a man axed councell at God: So were all the councels of Achitophel both with Dauid and with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    74%

    24And Dauid came to Mahanaim, and Absalom wente ouer Iordane, & all the men of Israel wt him.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    74%

    21Then sayde the kynge vnto Ioab: Beholde, I haue done this: go thy waye therfore and brynge the childe Absalom agayne.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    73%

    9Beholde, he hath now peraduenture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some place. Yf it came to passe then that it chaunced euell at the first, & there shulde come a rumor and saye: There is a slaughter done in the people that folowed Absalo:

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    73%

    24and came to the kynge, and sayde: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers, let it please ye kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte.

  • 2 Sam 18:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The kynge sayde: Loke what ye are content withall, that wyl I do. And the kynge stode in the gate, and all the people wente forth by hundreds and by thousandes.

    5And ye kinge comaunded Ioab and Abisai, and Ithai, and sayde: Intreate me the yonge man Absalom gently. And all the people herde it, wha the kynge comaunded all the captaynes concernynge Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Absalo sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, I sent for the, and caused to saye vnto the: Come hither, that I maye sende the to the kynge, and to saye: Wherfore came I from Gesur? It were better for me that I were there yet. Let me therfore se the kynges face. But yf there be eny trespace in me, then put me to death.

    33And Ioab wente in to the kynge, and tolde him. And he called Absalom, to come in to the kynge, and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounge before the kynge. And the kynge kyssed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:26
    73%

    26But Israel and Absalom pitched in Gilead.

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    72%

    1And Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom: I wil chose out twolue thousande me, and wyl get me vp, and persue Dauid by nighte,

  • 2 Sam 19:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And all the people stroue in all the trybes of Israel, and sayde: The kynge ryd vs from the hande of oure enemies, and delyuered vs from the hande of the Philistynes, and was fayne to fle out of the lode for Absalom.

    10So Absalom whom we had anoynted ouer vs, is deed in the battayll. Why are ye so styll now, that ye fetch not the kynge agayne?

  • 2 Sam 15:10
    72%

    10But Absalom had sent out spyes in all the trybes of Israel, sayenge: Whan ye heare the noyse of the trompe, saye: Absalom is made kynge at Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    72%

    1Ioab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued yt the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom,

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    71%

    17And Abner talked with the Elders in Israel, and sayde: Youre myndes haue bene set afore tyme and longe a goo vpon Dauid, that he mighte be kynge ouer you,

  • 2 Sam 15:34
    71%

    34but yf thou goest agayne in to the cite, and sayest vnto Absalom: I am thy seruaunt O kynge euen as I was thy fathers seruaunt, so wyll I now be thy seruaunt, Then shalt thou brynge Achitophels councell to naughte.

  • 2 Sam 18:32
    71%

    32But the kynge sayde vnto Chusi: Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom? Chusi sayde: Euen so go it wt all the enemyes of my lorde the kynge, and with all them that ryse vp agaynst the to do euell, as it goeth with the yonge man.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
    71%

    37So Chusai Dauids frende came in to the cite. And Absalom came to Ierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
    71%

    39And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom, for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed.

  • 1 Chr 13:4
    71%

    4The sayde the whole cogregacion, that the same shulde be done, for it pleased all the people well.

  • 2 Sam 13:27
    71%

    27Then was Absalom so importune vpon him, that he let Ammon and all the kynges childre go with him.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23So Ioab gat him vp, and wente vnto Gesur, and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem.

    24But the kinge sayde: Let him go againe in to his house, and not se my face. Thus Absalom came agayne to his house, and sawe not ye kynges face.

    25But in all Israel there was not so fayre, and so maruelous goodly a man, as Absalom. From the sole of his fote vnto the toppe of his heade there was not one blemysh in him.