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2nd Samuel Chapter 17 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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BBE 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
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DARBY 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
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KJV 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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WBT 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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WEB 2ndSamuel 17:4

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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YLT 2ndSamuel 17:4

And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - All the elders of Israel. Their presence seems to show that Absalom professed to act in an orderly and constitutional manner, and with the advice of those in authority. It was possibly this wish to keep up appearances which made him command Hushai to be summoned, as he was one whose advice would certainly have been asked had matters gone on in their ordinary channel. So again in vers. 14, 15, Absalom acts only with the popular consent. Very probably the royal power was gradually superseding that of the tribal authorities, and this may have made David unpopular with many of the great nobles. Absalom would thus gain many adherents by associating "elders" and "men of Israel" with him in his councils.

Ellicott's Commentary