◄ 2 Samuel 15:13 ►
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Good News Translation
A messenger reported to David, "The Israelites are pledging their loyalty to Absalom."

New Revised Standard Version
A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the Israelites have gone after Absalom.”

Contemporary English Version
A messenger came and told David, "Everyone in Israel is on Absalom's side!"

New American Bible
An informant came to David with the report, “The Israelites have given their hearts to Absalom, and they are following him.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.

The hearts

2 Samuel 15:6 And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 3:36 And all the people heard, and they were pleased, and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people.

Judges 9:3 And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:

Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Matthew 27:22 Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.

Context
David Flees Jerusalem
13And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.14And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake us, and bring ruin upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.…
Cross References
Judges 9:3
And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:

2 Samuel 15:6
And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.

Psalm 3:1
The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

2 Samuel 15:12
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