2 Samuel 15:37

37 So Hushai, David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom was entering the city.

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2 Samuel 15:37 in Other Translations

KJV

37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

ESV

37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

NLT

37 So David’s friend Hushai returned to Jerusalem, getting there just as Absalom arrived.

MSG

37 Hushai, David's friend, arrived at the same time Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

CSB

37 So Hushai, David's personal adviser, entered Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

2 Samuel 15:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:37

So Hushai David's friend came into the city
The city of Jerusalem, by the direction and persuasion of David, and in obedience to him, in order to serve him to the uttermost:

and Absalom came into Jerusalem:
just at the same time; so that he knew not that Hushai had been out of it, and been with David, and which also appears from what he said to him, ( 2 Samuel 16:17 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Samuel 15:37 In-Context

35 Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace.

36 Their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.”

37 So Hushai, David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom was entering the city.

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1. 2 Samuel 16:16-17; 1 Chronicles 27:33
2. 2 Samuel 16:15

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