Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Samuel 16:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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Role in This Section
2 Samuel 16:15 contributes this particular line to the movement: “And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.”.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 16:15–19
Read 2 Samuel 16:15 with 16:15–19. 2 Samuel 16:15 advances “Hushai Enters Absalom's Service” through the concrete textual step “And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Hushai greets Absalom as king and uses ambiguous loyalty language to survive scrutiny and begin the countermission.
Why It Needs Context
2 Samuel 16:15 depends on 16:15–19; isolating “And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “Hushai Enters Absalom's Service.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Samuel 16:15–19 — Hushai Enters Absalom's ServiceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 16:15-19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 16:15-19
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