Bible Cross References
A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. A Psalm
2 Samuel 17:1-21
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Not long after that, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and tonight I will set out after David.
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I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king
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and then bring back all his men to you, like a bride returning to her husband. You want to kill only one man; the rest of the people will be safe."
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This seemed like good advice to Absalom and all the Israelite leaders.
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Absalom said, "Now call Hushai, and let us hear what he has to say."
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When Hushai arrived, Absalom said to him, "This is the advice that Ahithophel has given us; shall we follow it? If not, you tell us what to do."
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Hushai answered, "The advice Ahithophel gave you this time is no good.
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You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.
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Right now he is probably hiding in a cave or some other place. As soon as David attacks your men, whoever hears about it will say that your men have been defeated.
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Then even the bravest men, as fearless as lions, will be afraid because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great soldier and that his men are hard fighters.
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My advice is that you bring all the Israelites together from one end of the country to the other, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and that you lead them personally in battle.
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We will find David wherever he is, and attack him before he knows what's happening. Neither he nor any of his men will survive.
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If he retreats into a city, our people will all bring ropes and just pull the city into the valley below. Not a single stone will be left there on top of the hill."
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Absalom and all the Israelites said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." The LORD had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would not be followed, so that disaster would come on Absalom.
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Then Hushai told the priests Zadok and Abiathar what advice he had given to Absalom and the Israelite leaders and what advice Ahithophel had given.
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Hushai added, "Quick, now! Send a message to David not to spend the night at the river crossings in the wilderness, but to cross the Jordan at once, so that he and his men won't all be caught and killed."
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Abiathar's son Jonathan and Zadok's son Ahimaaz were waiting at the spring of Enrogel, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, because they did not dare be seen entering the city. A servant woman would regularly go and tell them what was happening, and then they would go and tell King David.
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But one day a boy happened to see them, and he told Absalom; so they hurried off to hide in the house of a certain man in Bahurim. He had a well near his house, and they got down in it.
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The man's wife took a covering, spread it over the opening of the well and scattered grain over it, so that no one would notice anything.
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Absalom's officials came to the house and asked the woman, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" "They crossed the river," she answered. The men looked for them but could not find them, and so they returned to Jerusalem.
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After they left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan came up out of the well and went and reported to King David. They told him what Ahithophel had planned against him and said, "Hurry up and cross the river."
to bring
Psalm 38:1
O LORD, don't punish me in your anger!
O God
Psalm 40:13-17
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Save me, LORD! Help me now!
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May those who try to kill me be completely defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.
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May those who make fun of me be dismayed by their defeat.
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May all who come to you be glad and joyful. May all who are thankful for your salvation always say, "How great is the LORD!"
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I am weak and poor, O Lord, but you have not forgotten me. You are my savior and my God--- hurry to my aid!
Psalm 69:18
Come to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.
Psalm 71:12
Don't stay so far away, O God; my God, hurry to my aid!
Psalm 143:7
Answer me now, LORD! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.