Verse 34

But if thou return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the city{H5892}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto Absalom{H53}, I will be thy servant{H5650}, O king{H4428}; as I have been thy father's{H1} servant{H5650} hitherto{H227}, so will I now also be thy servant{H5650}: then mayest thou for me defeat{H6565}{(H8689)} the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302}.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8804)} to Ai{H5857} and her king{H4428} as thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} unto Jericho{H3405} and her king{H4428}: only the spoil{H7998} thereof, and the cattle{H929} thereof, shall ye take for a prey{H962}{(H8799)} unto yourselves: lay{H7760}{(H8798)} thee an ambush{H693}{(H8802)} for the city{H5892} behind{H310} it.
  • 2 Sam 15:20 : 20 Whereas thou camest{H935}{(H8800)} but yesterday{H8543}, should I this day{H3117} make thee go{H3212}{(H8800)} up and down{H5128}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H5128}{(H8799)} with us? seeing I go{H1980}{(H8802)} whither I may, return{H7725}{(H8798)} thou, and take back{H7725}{(H8685)} thy brethren{H251}: mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} be with thee.
  • 2 Sam 16:16-19 : 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai{H2365} the Archite{H757}, David's{H1732} friend{H7463}, was come{H935}{(H8804)} unto Absalom{H53}, that Hushai{H2365} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Absalom{H53}, God save{H2421}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}, God save{H2421}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}. 17 And Absalom{H53} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Hushai{H2365}, Is this thy kindness{H2617} to thy friend{H7453}? why wentest{H1980}{(H8804)} thou not with thy friend{H7453}? 18 And Hushai{H2365} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Absalom{H53}, Nay; but whom the LORD{H3068}, and this people{H5971}, and all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478}, choose{H977}{(H8804)}, his will I be, and with him will I abide{H3427}{(H8799)}. 19 And again{H8145}, whom should I serve{H5647}{(H8799)}? should I not serve in the presence{H6440} of his son{H1121}? as I have served{H5647}{(H8804)} in thy father's{H1} presence{H6440}, so will I be in thy presence{H6440}.
  • 2 Sam 17:5-9 : 5 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Absalom{H53}, Call{H7121}{(H8798)} now Hushai{H2365} the Archite{H757} also, and let us hear{H8085}{(H8799)} likewise what he saith{H6310}. 6 And when Hushai{H2365} was come{H935}{(H8799)} to Absalom{H53}, Absalom{H53} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ahithophel{H302} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} after this manner{H1697}: shall we do{H6213}{(H8799)} after his saying{H1697}? if not; speak{H1696}{(H8761)} thou. 7 And Hushai{H2365} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Absalom{H53}, The counsel{H6098} that Ahithophel{H302} hath given{H3289}{(H8804)} is not good{H2896} at this time{H6471}. 8 For, said{H559}{(H8799)} Hushai{H2365}, thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thy father{H1} and his men{H582}, that they be mighty men{H1368}, and they be chafed{H4751} in their minds{H5315}, as a bear{H1677} robbed{H7909} of her whelps in the field{H7704}: and thy father{H1} is a man{H376} of war{H4421}, and will not lodge{H3885}{(H8799)} with the people{H5971}. 9 Behold, he is hid{H2244}{(H8737)} now in some{H259} pit{H6354}, or in some{H259} other place{H4725}: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown{H5307}{(H8800)} at the first{H8462}, that whosoever{H8085}{(H8802)} heareth{H8085}{(H8804)} it will say{H559}{(H8804)}, There is a slaughter{H4046} among the people{H5971} that follow{H310} Absalom{H53}. 10 And he also that is valiant{H1121}{H2428}, whose heart{H3820} is as the heart{H3820} of a lion{H738}, shall utterly{H4549}{(H8736)} melt{H4549}{(H8735)}: for all Israel{H3478} knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} that thy father{H1} is a mighty man{H1368}, and they which be with him are valiant{H2428} men{H1121}. 11 Therefore I counsel{H3289}{(H8804)} that all Israel{H3478} be generally{H622}{(H8736)} gathered{H622}{(H8735)} unto thee, from Dan{H1835} even to Beersheba{H884}, as the sand{H2344} that is by the sea{H3220} for multitude{H7230}; and that thou go{H1980}{(H8802)} to battle{H7128} in thine own person{H6440}. 12 So shall we come{H935}{(H8804)} upon him in some{H259} place{H4725} where he shall be found{H4672}{(H8738)}, and we will light{H5168} upon him as the dew{H2919} falleth{H5307}{(H8799)} on the ground{H127}: and of him and of all the men{H582} that are with him there shall not be left{H3498}{(H8738)} so much as{H1571} one{H259}. 13 Moreover, if{H518} he be gotten{H622}{(H8735)} into a city{H5892}, then shall all Israel{H3478} bring{H5375}{(H8689)} ropes{H2256} to that city{H5892}, and we will draw{H5498}{(H8804)} it into the river{H5158}, until there be not one{H1571} small stone{H6872} found{H4672}{(H8738)} there. 14 And Absalom{H53} and all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)}, The counsel{H6098} of Hushai{H2365} the Archite{H757} is better{H2896} than the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302}. For the LORD{H3068} had appointed{H6680}{(H8765)} to defeat{H6565}{(H8687)} the good{H2896} counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302}, to the intent{H5668} that the LORD{H3068} might bring{H935}{(H8687)} evil{H7451} upon Absalom{H53}.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, I{G1473} send{G649} you{G5209} forth{G649}{(G5719)} as{G5613} sheep{G4263} in{G1722} the midst{G3319} of wolves{G3074}: be ye{G1096}{(G5737)} therefore{G3767} wise{G5429} as{G5613} serpents{G3789}, and{G2532} harmless{G185} as{G5613} doves{G4058}.