2 Samuel 17:4
Good News Translation
This seemed like good advice to Absalom and all the Israelite leaders.

New Revised Standard Version
The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan.

New American Bible
This plan sounded good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

the saying

1 Samuel 18:20,21 But Michol, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him. . . .

1 Samuel 23:21 And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.

Esther 5:14 Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared.

Romans 1:32 Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

2 Chronicles 30:4 And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.

Esther 1:21 His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

Context
Hushai Counters Ahithophel's Advice
3And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace. 4And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.5But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:3
And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.

2 Samuel 17:5
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.

2 Samuel 17:3
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