Bible Cross References
A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. A Psalm
2 Samuel 17:1-21
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And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night.
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And I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king alone.
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And I will bring back all the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband: only you seek the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.
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And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
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And Absalom said, Call now also Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what [is] in his mouth, even in his also.
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And Hushai went in to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him, saying, After this manner spoke Ahithophel: shall we do according to his word? But if not, speak up.
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And Hushai said to Absalom, This counsel which Ahithophel has counseled this one time [is] not good.
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And Hushai said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [and as a wild boar in the plain]; and your father [is] a man of war, and will not give the people rest.
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For behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some [other] place; and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that [someone] will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Absalom.
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Then even he [that is] strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father [is] mighty, and they that are with him [are] mighty men.
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For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to you from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is upon the seashore for multitude; and that your presence go in the midst of them.
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And we will come upon him in one of the places where we shall find him, and we will encamp against him, as the dew falls upon the earth; and we will not leave of him and of his men so much as one.
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And if he shall have taken refuge with his army in a city, then shall all Israel take ropes to that city, and we will draw it even into the river, that there may not be left there even a stone.
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And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord has purposed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Absalom.
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And Hushai the Archite said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
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And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: but go and make haste, lest [one] swallow up the king, and all the people with him.
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And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stood by the Well of Rogel, and a maidservant went and reported to them, and they went to tell King David; so that they might not be seen entering into the city.
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But a young man saw them and told Absalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Bahurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
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And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground grain upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.
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And the servants of Absalom came to the woman into the house, and said, Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone a little way beyond the water. And they sought and found them not, and returned to Jerusalem.
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And it came to pass after they were gone, that they came up out of the pit, and went on their way; and reported to King David, and said to David, Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus has Ahithophel counseled concerning you.
to bring
Psalm 38:1
A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath day. O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your anger.
O God
Psalm 40:13-17
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Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw near to help me.
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Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.
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Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
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Let all those that seek You, O Lord, exalt and rejoice in You; and let them that love Your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified!
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But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; You are my helper, and my defender, O my God; do not delay.
Psalm 69:18
Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies.
Psalm 71:12
O God, go not far from me, O my God, draw near to my help.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like them that go down to the pit.