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2 Samuel 17:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And the saying was right in the eyes of Absolom,—and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Absalom{gr.Abessalom}, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the saying pleased Avshalom well, and all the elders of Yisrael.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the saying 1697
{1697} Prime
דָּבָר
dabar
{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
pleased 3474
{3474} Prime
יָשַׁר
yashar
{yaw-shar'}
A primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively to be (causatively to make) right, pleasant, prosperous.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
´Avšälôm אַבשָׁלוֹם 53
{0053} Prime
אַבְשָׁלוֹם
'Abiyshalowm
{ab-ee-shaw-lome'}
From H0001 and H7965; father of peace (that is, friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite.
well, 5869
{5869} Prime
עַיִן
`ayin
{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
and all x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
the elders 2205
{2205} Prime
זָקֵן
zaqen
{zaw-kane'}
From H2204; old.
of Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל. 3478
{3478} Prime
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisra'el
{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on 2 Samuel 17:1-11.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Samuel 17:1-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the saying:

1 Samuel 18:20-21 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. ... And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.
1 Samuel 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Esther 5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

pleased Absalom well:
Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom,
2 Chronicles 30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
Esther 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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1S 18:20; 23:21. 2Ch 30:4. Es 1:21; 5:14. Ro 1:32.

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