Passage Research
2 Samuel 17 — Sermon Preparation
Ahithophel advises Absalom to strike David immediately, but Hushai — David's double agent — persuades Absalom to delay, giving David time to cross the Jordan. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 17, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 521 / 211
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 17 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבִישָׁלוֹם | ʼĂbîyshâlôwm | H53 | 15 | Abshalom |
| אֲחִיתֹפֶל | ʼĂchîythôphel | H302 | 8 | Achithophel |
| חוּשַׁי | Chûwshay | H2365 | 6 | Chushai |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 9 | David |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 9 | people, tribe |
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 7 | cross, transition |
| יָעַץ | yâʻats | H3289 | 5 | advise, deliberate |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is no contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destroy him by his own mistakes and passions. Ahithophel's former counsel was followed, for God intended to correct David; but his latter counsel was not followed, for God meant not to destroy him. He can overrule all counsels. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 17:1–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1— 2 Sam 17:11
- Dan— 2 Sam 17:11
- Jordan— 2 Sam 17:16
- En-rogel— 2 Sam 17:17
- Bahurim— 2 Sam 17:18
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