2 Samuel 17

1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.

and to say Ahithophel to(wards) Absalom to choose please two ten thousand man and to arise: rise and to pursue after David [the] night

2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king,

and to come (in): come upon him and he/she/it weary and weak hand and to tremble [obj] him and to flee all [the] people which with him and to smite [obj] [the] king to/for alone him

3 and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seek is as if all returned, so all the people shall be in peace.

and to return: return all [the] people to(wards) you like/as to return: return [the] all [the] man: husband which you(m. s.) to seek all [the] people to be peace

4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

and to smooth [the] word in/on/with eye: appearance Absalom and in/on/with eye: appearance all old: elder Israel

5 Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

and to say Absalom to call: call to please also to/for Hushai [the] Archite and to hear: hear what? in/on/with lip: word his also he/she/it

6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner. Shall we do after his saying? If not, speak thou.

and to come (in): come Hushai to(wards) Absalom and to say Absalom to(wards) him to/for to say like/as Chronicles [the] this to speak: speak Ahithophel to make: do [obj] word: speaking his if nothing you(m. s.) to speak: speak

7 And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

and to say Hushai to(wards) Absalom not pleasant [the] counsel which to advise Ahithophel in/on/with beat [the] this

8 Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

and to say Hushai you(m. s.) to know [obj] father your and [obj] human his for mighty man they(masc.) and bitter soul they(masc.) like/as bear childless in/on/with land: country and father your man battle and not to lodge with [the] people

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place. And it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

behold now he/she/it to hide in/on/with one [the] pit or in/on/with one [the] place and to be like/as to fall: kill in/on/with them in/on/with beginning and to hear: hear [the] to hear: hear and to say to be plague in/on/with people which after Absalom

10 And even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt, for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

and he/she/it also son: warrior strength which heart his like/as heart [the] lion to melt to melt for to know all Israel for mighty man father your and son: warrior strength which with him

11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

for to advise to gather to gather upon you all Israel from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba like/as sand which upon [the] sea to/for abundance and face of your to go: went in/on/with battle

12 So we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.

and to come (in): come to(wards) him (in/on/with one *Q(k)*) [the] place which to find there and to rest upon him like/as as which to fall: fall [the] dew upon [the] land: soil and not to remain in/on/with him and in/on/with all [the] human which with him also one

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there be not one small stone found there.

and if to(wards) city to gather and to lift: bear all Israel to(wards) [the] city [the] he/she/it cord and to drag [obj] him till [the] torrent: valley till which not to find there also pebble

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

and to say Absalom and all man Israel pleasant counsel Hushai [the] Archite from counsel Ahithophel and LORD to command to/for to break [obj] counsel Ahithophel [the] pleasant to/for in/on/with for the sake of to come (in): bring LORD to(wards) Absalom [obj] [the] distress: harm

15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus have I counseled.

and to say Hushai to(wards) Zadok and to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest like/as this and like/as this to advise Ahithophel [obj] Absalom and [obj] old: elder Israel and like/as this and like/as this to advise I

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Do not lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.

and now to send: depart haste and to tell to/for David to/for to say not to lodge [the] night in/on/with plain [the] wilderness and also to pass to pass lest to swallow up to/for king and to/for all [the] people which with him

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel. And a maid-servant used to go and tell them, and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.

and Jonathan and Ahimaaz to stand: stand in/on/with En-rogel En-rogel and to go: went [the] maidservant and to tell to/for them and they(masc.) to go: went and to tell to/for king David for not be able to/for to see: see to/for to come (in): come [the] city [to]

18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. And they went away quickly, both of them, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his court, and they went down there.

and to see: see [obj] them youth and to tell to/for Absalom and to go: went two their haste and to come (in): come to(wards) house: home man in/on/with Bahurim and to/for him well in/on/with court his and to go down there

19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it. And nothing was known.

and to take: take [the] woman and to spread [obj] [the] covering upon face: surface [the] well and to spread upon him [the] grain and not to know word: thing

20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

and to come (in): come servant/slave Absalom to(wards) [the] woman [the] house: home [to] and to say where? Ahimaaz and Jonathan and to say to/for them [the] woman to pass brook [the] water and to seek and not to find and to return: return Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David. And they said to David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water, for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.

and to be after to go: went they and to ascend: rise from [the] well and to go: went and to tell to/for king David and to say to(wards) David to arise: rise and to pass haste [obj] [the] water for thus to advise upon you Ahithophel

22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who was not gone over the Jordan.

and to arise: rise David and all [the] people which with him and to pass [obj] [the] Jordan till light [the] morning till one not to lack which not to pass [obj] [the] Jordan

23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got home to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself. And he died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.

and Ahithophel to see: see for not to make: do counsel his and to saddle/tie [obj] [the] donkey and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) house: home his to(wards) city his and to command to(wards) house: home his and to strangle and to die and to bury in/on/with grave father his

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

and David to come (in): come Mahanaim [to] and Absalom to pass [obj] [the] Jordan he/she/it and all man Israel with him

25 And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

and [obj] Amasa to set: appoint Absalom underneath: instead Joab upon [the] army and Amasa son: child man and name his Ithra [the] Ishmaelite which to come (in): marry to(wards) Abigail daughter Nahash sister Zeruiah mother Joab

26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

and to camp Israel and Absalom land: country/planet [the] Gilead

27 And it came to pass, when David came to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

and to be like/as to come (in): come David Mahanaim [to] and Shobi son: child Nahash from Rabbah son: descendant/people Ammon and Machir son: child Ammiel from Lo-debar Lo-debar and Barzillai [the] Gileadite from Rogelim

28 brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and roasted grain, and beans, and lentils, and roasted pulse,

bed and basin and article/utensil to form: potter and wheat and barley and flour and roasted and bean and lentil and roasted

29 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

and honey and curd and flock and cheese cattle to approach: bring to/for David and to/for people which with him to/for to eat for to say [the] people hungry and faint and thirsty in/on/with wilderness