2 Samuel 17:8-10

8 You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.

9 Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place. If he should attack your troops first,^[a] whoever hears about it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

10 Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.

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2 Samuel 17:8-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 17

This chapter relates the advice Ahithophel gave to march out speedily with a number of men in pursuit of David, which at first seemed agreeable, 2Sa 17:1-4; but Hushai's opinion being asked, and he giving counsel to raise a larger army, which required time, and was taken to, hereby the counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, 2Sa 17:5-14; upon which he hanged himself, 2Sa 17:23; these different counsels being communicated by Hushai to the priests, they found means to transmit them to David, with an instruction to him to pass over Jordan immediately; which he did, and pitched in Gilead, and whither he was followed by Absalom, 2Sa 17:15-26; and where he met with a supply of provisions for his army from some eminent persons in and near that place, 2Sa 17:27-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. Hosea 13:8
2. 1 Samuel 16:18
3. Jeremiah 41:9
4. 1 Chronicles 12:8
5. Joshua 2:9,11; Ezekiel 21:15
6. 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "When some of the men fall at the first attack"

2 Samuel 17:8-10

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2 Samuel 17:8-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 17

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