Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
4. the elders of Israel ] Who were sitting in council with Absalom. For the various functions of the elders, see note on 1Sa 8:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all elders of Israel. That were of the privy council; for it was a well contrived scheme to surprise David his men by night, in the condition they were in; nothing like seizing an opportunity, and making quick dispatch in executing a villainous design; only it is strange that Absalom could so easily come into a scheme to take away the life of so indulgent a father, which is only to be accounted for by his ambition; but it is stranger still that the elders of Israel should be pleased with it, and agree to and determine upon the death of a prince, who had so many years ruled them with justice and equity, clemency and mercy; and fought their battles for them, and raised their nation to such a pitch of glory it never had before.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Although this advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel (present), Absalom sent for Hushai the Archite to hear his opinion. serves to strengthen the suffix in (cf. Ewald, 311, a.).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
2Sa 17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Ver. 4. And the saying pleased Absalom well. ] Heb., Was right in the eyes of Absalom, &c. Nam quae recta sunt placent. a Man is a rational creature: and everywise man will be mancipium rationis, ruled by reason, in matters of greatest consequence especially. Howbeit, all men are mutable, as appeareth in that this counsel, while so applauded, was so soon again misliked.
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
pleased = was good in the eyes of,
and = and [in the eyes of] all.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the saying: 1Sa 18:20, 1Sa 18:21, 1Sa 23:21, Est 5:14, Rom 1:32
pleased Absalom well: Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom, 2Ch 30:4, Est 1:21
Reciprocal: 1Sa 20:7 – It is well Est 2:4 – the thing Isa 8:10 – counsel
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 17:4. The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel That such a wretch as Absalom should aim at his fathers throat is not strange. But that the body of the people, to whom David had been so great a blessing, should join with him in it, is amazing. But the finger of God was in it. Let not the best of parents, or the best of princes, think it strange if they are injured by those who should be their support and joy, when they (like David) have provoked God to turn against them.