2 Samuel 17

1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-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 come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

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 bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are 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 thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of 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 And Absalom saith, 'Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.'

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 Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, 'According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — 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 saith unto Absalom, 'Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'

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

8 And Hushai saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth 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 lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after 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 he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.

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 'So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

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 and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even 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 And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'

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 saith — and all the men of Israel — 'Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

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 And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, 'Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;

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 and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of 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 And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to 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 And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go 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 taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been 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 the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, 'Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' and the woman saith to them, 'They passed over the brook of water;' and they seek, and have not found, and turn back 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 cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled 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 And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed 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 Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place 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 And 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 Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

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 encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

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

27 And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from 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 couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, 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 kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, 'Thy people [is] 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