2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
And the saying †pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. was right in the eyes of &c.
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- 1 Samuel 18:20–21Rank 1 from verse 4
20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
20And Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they tolde Saul, and the thing †pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law, in the one of the twaine.
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14¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
14¶ Then saide Zeresh his wife, and all his friends vnto him, Let a †gallous be made of fifty cubits hie, and to morrow speake thou vnto the king, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then goe thou in merily with the king vnto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and hee caused the gallous to be made.
- Romans 1:32Rank 6 from verse 4
32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
32Who knowing the iudgement of God, (that they which commit such things, are worthy of death) not onely do the same, but ‖haue pleasure in them that doe them.
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2 Samuel 17:4
Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.
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1. In a good, right, or sound manner. 2. A source of water.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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3And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
3And I wil bring backe all the people vnto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
4And the saying †pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.
Selected passage5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise †what he saith.