◄ 2 Samuel 15:6 ►
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Good News Translation
Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus Absalom did to every Israelite who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
That's how he treated everyone from Israel who brought a complaint to the king. Soon everyone in Israel liked Absalom better than they liked David.

New American Bible
By behaving in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment, Absalom was stealing the heart of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Proverbs 11:9 When it goeth well with the just, the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish, there shall be praise.

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.

Context
Absalom's Conspiracy
…5Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6And 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.7And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.…
Cross References
Romans 16:18
For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

2 Samuel 15:13
And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.

Daniel 11:21
And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.

2 Samuel 15:5
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