Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 17:2

2 Samuel chapter 17 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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;

Context

v.1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

v.2This passage

v.3and 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 11:50

    nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

  • John 18:4

    Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye?

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

  • Deuteronomy 25:18

    how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

  • Matthew 26:31

    Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

  • 2 Samuel 16:14

    And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.