2 Samuel 17:2 “I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a…”

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

World English Bible

I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

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Cross references

“weary”

2 Samuel 16:14 Deuteronomy 25:18

2 Samuel 16:14 · BSB

Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

Deuteronomy 25:18 · BSB

how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

“I will smite”

1 Kings 22:31 Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 26:31 John 11:50 Matthew 21:38 John 18:4–8

1 Kings 22:31 · BSB

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

Zechariah 13:7 · BSB

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Matthew 26:31 · BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

John 11:50 · BSB

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

Matthew 21:38 · BSB

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

John 18:4–8 · BSB

Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

3and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

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