2 Samuel 15:37
New International Version
So Hushai, David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom was entering the city.

New Living Translation
So David’s friend Hushai returned to Jerusalem, getting there just as Absalom arrived.

English Standard Version
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

King James Bible
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

New King James Version
So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

NASB 1995
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

NASB 1977
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
So Hushai, David’s friend, returned to the city, and [at about the same time] Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Christian Standard Bible
So Hushai, David’s personal adviser, entered Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Hushai, David’s personal adviser, entered Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

American Standard Version
So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Khushi the friend of David went on to the city, and Abishlum entered Jerusalem

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So Chusi the friend of David went into the city, and Abessalom was lately gone into Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
David's advisor Hushai slipped back into Jerusalem, at just about the same time Absalom was coming in.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Chusai the friend of David went into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Hushai, David's friend, went to the city as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
So Hushai, David's friend, returned to the city just as Absalom was arriving.

International Standard Version
So David's friend Hushai went back to the city just as Absalom was arriving in Jerusalem.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom was at the point of coming into Jerusalem.

Literal Standard Version
And Hushai, David’s friend, comes to the city, and Absalom comes to Jerusalem.

Majority Standard Bible
So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

New American Bible
So David’s friend Hushai went into the city, Jerusalem, as Absalom was about to enter it.

NET Bible
So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

World English Bible
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David Weeps at the Mount of Olives
36Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.” 37So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

Cross References
2 Samuel 16:15
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

2 Samuel 16:16
And David's friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king's counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.


Treasury of Scripture

So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

friend

2 Samuel 16:16
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

1 Chronicles 27:33
And Ahithophel was the king's counseller: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:

Absalom

2 Samuel 16:15
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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2 Samuel 15
1. Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel.
7. By pretense of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron
10. He makes there a great conspiracy
13. David upon the news flees from Jerusalem
19. Ittai will leave him
24. Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark
30. David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping,
31. He curses Ahithophel's counsel
32. Hushai is sent back with instructions














Verse 37. - Absalom came into Jerusalem. Absalom had evidently pushed rapidly forward from Hebron, in hopes, perhaps, of surprising David in the city. Evidently he entered it on the day of David's flight (ch. 17:1), and Ahithophers proposal to select twelve thousand men from Absalom's followers shows how very powerful the conspiracy was. Had this advice been followed, the decisive battle would have been fought that evening at the fords of the Jordan, a few miles only from Jerusalem.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So David's
דָוִ֖ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

friend
רֵעֶ֥ה (rê·‘eh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7463: Evil, misery, distress, injury

Hushai
חוּשַׁ֛י (ḥū·šay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2365: Hushai -- two Israelites

arrived
וַיָּבֹ֥א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

in Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

just as Absalom
וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (wə·’aḇ·šā·lōm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

was entering
יָבֹ֖א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the city.
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement


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