KJV King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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2 Samuel 17:5
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
WEB World English Bible
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Absalom saith, ‘Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what is in his mouth—even he.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 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:
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.
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not; speak thou.
7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time.
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayאַבְשָׁל֔וֹםH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toנָ֔אH4994 · napleaseגַּ֖םH1571 · gamalsoלְחוּשַׁ֣יH2365 · chu.shayHushaiהָאַרְכִּ֑יH757 · ar.kiArchiteוְנִשְׁמְעָ֥הH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearמַה־H4100 · mahwhat?בְּפִ֖יוH6310 · pehlipגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoהֽוּא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
2 Samuel 16:16-19And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.2 Samuel 15:32-37And it came to pass, that [when] David was come to the top [of the mount], where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
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