CHAPTER EXPLORER
2 Samuel 17
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29 verses in KJV · 188 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 2 Samuel 17 (KJV)
17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
17:2 And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Gad, Nathan, Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1023 BC
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H53a.vi.sha.lomAbsalom · 15 occurrencesH3808lonot · 10 occurrencesH5971ampeople · 9 occurrencesH1732da.vidDavid · 9 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 8 occurrencesH302a.chi.to.phelAhithophel · 8 occurrencesH854etwith · 7 occurrencesH5674a.varto pass · 7 occurrencesH376ishman · 7 occurrencesH1980ha.lakhto go: went · 7 occurrencesH2365chu.shayHushai · 6 occurrencesH1931huhe/she/it · 6 occurrencesH1571gamalso · 6 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 6 occurrences
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