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2Sa 17:1 — Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I will arise		Pro 1:16; Pro 4:16; Isa 59:7,8
this night		Psa 3:3-5; Psa 4:8; Psa 109:2-4

Correlating Passages

I will arise

	Pro 1:16	For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
	Pro 4:16	For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
	Isa 59:7	Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.
	Isa 59:8	The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

this night

	Psa 3:3	But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
	Psa 3:4	I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
	Psa 3:5	I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
	Psa 4:8	I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
	Psa 109:2	For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
	Psa 109:3	They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
	Psa 109:4	For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 17:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/17/1.html>.

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