2 Samuel 17:4
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
In other translations
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Hebrew words
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- 2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.
- Esther 1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
- 1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
- Esther 5:14Then 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.His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- 1 Samuel 18:20-2120 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And 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.20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him. 21 “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
- Romans 1:32Who 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.Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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