2 Samuel 17:8
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Note chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- mighty men
- 2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 21:18–22; 2 Samuel 23:8, 9, 16, 18, 20–22; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 17:34–36, 50; 1 Chronicles 11:25–47; Hebrews 11:32–34
- chafed in their minds
- Heb. bitter of soul.
- Judges 18:25
- as a bear
- 2 Kings 2:24; Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 28:15; Daniel 7:5; Hosea 13:8
- thy father is
- 1 Samuel 23:23