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2 Samuel 17:3

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 17:3

Verse 3 of 29

Scripture focus

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.

2 Samuel 17:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:3

Theological / Devotional

All the people. Ahithophel was desirous of avoiding a long, drawn-out civil war. Such a conflict could be fought only at great loss to the nation. According to his suggestion he would simply go out, frighten into quick submission the people who had gone with David and bring them all back to Absalom. Then the land could be at peace and Absalom would quickly enjoy the fruits of his rebellion.

Whom thou seekest. The entire clause is obscure. It reads literally, “like the return of the whole the man whom you are seeking” (see RSV). The LXX reads, “as a bride returns to her husband: only thou seekest the life of one man.”

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