2 Sa-mu-ên 17
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Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.
When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed.”
This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
But Absalom said, “Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”
So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”
Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.”
StudyGấu cái bị mất con — Hu-sai so sánh Đa-vít và các người của ông như một con gấu cái bị mất con—một chiến binh hung dữ và tuyệt vọng. Ông đang cảnh báo Áp-sa-lôm rằng quân lính của Đa-vít rất thiện chiến và sẵn sàng đối đầu, chứ không hề yếu ớt.Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say, ‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’
If that happens even the bravest soldier – one who is lion-hearted – will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.
StudyTừ Đan đến Bê-e-Sê-ba — Một cụm từ thông dụng chỉ toàn thể dân Y-sơ-ra-ên, từ Đan ở cực bắc đến Bê-e-Sê-ba ở cực nam. Hu-sai khuyên nên huy động toàn bộ quốc gia thay vì chỉ là một cuộc đột kích nhanh chóng.My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba – in number like the sand by the sea! – be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.
We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive – not one of them!
If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”
StudyĐức Chúa Trời làm bại mưu khôn ngoan — Người kể chuyện tiết lộ sự quan phòng kín ẩn của Đức Chúa Trời: Chúa đã định làm bại mưu khôn ngoan của A-hi-tô-phe để giáng tai họa xuống trên Áp-sa-lôm. Điều này đáp lời cầu nguyện của Đa-vít trong 2 Sa-mu-ên 15:31.(2SA 15:31)Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.
Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.
Now send word quickly to David and warn him, “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.”
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.
But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.
StudyGiấu các sứ giả — Người vợ giấu hai sứ giả trong miệng giếng, đậy lại và rải lúa mạch lên trên, làm cho nó trông giống như một bề mặt phơi phóng thông thường. Sự nhanh trí này đã giúp các sứ giả không bị quân của Áp-sa-lôm phát hiện.His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.”
So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.
StudyA-hi-tô-phe tự thắt cổ — Khi mưu kế của mình không được nghe theo, A-hi-tô-phe trở về nhà, sắp xếp việc gia đình và tự thắt cổ mà chết. Cái chết của một quân sư từng được tin cậy nay trở thành kẻ phản bội này sau đó gợi nhắc đến Giu-đa, kẻ cũng đã tự treo cổ mình.(MAT 27:5)When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.
StudyA-ma-sa thay thế Giô-áp — Áp-sa-lôm bổ nhiệm A-ma-sa làm tổng binh thay thế Giô-áp. A-ma-sa là cháu của Đa-vít và là anh em họ của Giô-áp thông qua A-bi-ganh, con gái của Na-hách và là chị của Xê-ru-gia (1 Sử-ký 2:16). Sự cạnh tranh trong gia đình này sau đó đã trở nên chết chóc.(1CH 2:16)Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)
The army of Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.”
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