## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 17

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:1
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וַאֲמַר אֲחִיתוֹפֶל לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶבְחַר כְּעַן תְּרֵי עֲסַר אַלְפִין גַבְרָא וְאָקוּם וְאֶרְדוֹף בָּתַר דָוִד בְּלֵילְיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise, and pursue after David tonight.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:2
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וְאֵיהַךְ עֲלוֹהִי כַּד הוּא מְשַׁלְהֵי וִידוֹהִי מְרַשְׁלָן וְאָזִיעַ יָתֵיהּ וְיַעֲרוֹק כָּל עַמָא דִי עִמֵיהּ וְאֶקְטוֹל יַת מַלְכָּא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
I will go upon him while he is weary and his hands are weakened. When I will make him tremble, and all the people who are with him will retreat, I will kill the king only.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:3
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וְאָתִיב כָּל עַמָא לְוָתָךְ כַּד יְתוּבוּן כּוּלְהוֹן בָּתַר דְיִתְקְטֵל גַבְרָא דְאַתְּ בָּעֵי כָּל עַמָא יְהֵי שְׁלָם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And I will bring back all the people to you. All of them will come back, after the man whom you seek will be killed. All the people will be at peace.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:4
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וּכְשַׁר פִּתְגָמָא בְּעֵינֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the word was suitable in the sight of Absalom and in the sight of all the elders of Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:5
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וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם קְרִי כְעַן אַף לְחוּשַׁי אַרְכָּאָה וְנִשְׁמַע מַה דְיֵימַר אַף הוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:6
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וַאֲתָא חוּשַׁי לְוַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לֵיהּ לְמֵימַר כְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין מַלֵיל אֲחִיתוֹפֶל הֲנַעְבֵּיד יַת פִּתְגָמֵיהּ אִם לָא דְכָשַׁר בְּעֵינָךְ אַתְּ מַלֵיל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, saying, “According to this word has Ahithophel spoken. Shall we carry out his word? If it is not suitable in your sight, you speak.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:7
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וַאֲמַר חוּשַׁי לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם לָא תַקִין מִלְכָּא דִמְלַךְ אֲחִיתוֹפֶל בְּזִמְנָא הָדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel which Ahithophel has given is not right.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:8
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וַאֲמַר חוּשַׁי אַתְּ יְדַעְתָּא יַת אֲבוּךְ וְיַת גַבְרוֹהִי אֲרֵי גִבָּרִין אִינוּן וּמְרִירַן נַפְשָׁן אִינוּן כְּדוֹב תַּכֵּל בְּחַקְלָא וַאֲבוּךְ גְבַר עָבֵיד קְרָבִין וְלָא יְבִית יַת עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are heroes, and that they are bitter of soul, like a bereaved bear in the field. Besides, your father is a man who wages wars and he will not spend the night with the people.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:9
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הָא כְעַן הוּא טָמִיר בְּחַד מִן קוּמְצַיָא אוֹ בְּחַד מִן אַתְרַיָא וִיהֵי כְּמִיפֵל בְּהוֹן בְּקַדְמֵיתָא וְיִשְׁמַע דִי שְׁמַע וְיֵימַר הֲוַת מְחָתָא בְּעַמָא דְבָתַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits, or in some of the other places. And when there are casualties among them at the first [attack], whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:10
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וְהוּא אַף גְבַר גִבַּר דְלִיבֵּיהּ כְּלִבָּא דְאַרְיָא מִמַס יִמְסֵי אֲרֵי יְדַע כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי גִיבַּר אֲבוּךְ וְגַבְרִין גִבָּרִין דִי עִמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he, even [if he is] a heroic man whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt, for all Israel knows that your father is a hero and that those who are with him are heroic men.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:11
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אֲרֵי מְלָכִית אִתְכַּנָשָׁא יִתְכַּנְשׁוּן עֲלָךְ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִדָן וְעַד בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע כְּחָלָא דִי עַל יַמָא לִסְגֵי וְאַתְּ תְּהֵי אֱזֵיל בְּרֵישׁ כּוּלָנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Thus I advise, let all Israel be completely gathered to you, from Dan to Beer sheba, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude. And you yourself must be going at our head.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:12
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וּנְהַךְ עֲלוֹהִי בְּחַד מִן אַתְרַיָא דִנְהַךְ לְתַמָן וְנִשְׁרֵי עֲלוֹהִי כְּמָא דְשָׁרֵי טַלָא עַל אַרְעָא וְלָא נַשְׁאַר בֵּיהּ וּבְכָל גַבְרַיָא דִי עִימֵיהּ אַף חָד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So we shall go against him in one of the places where he is to be found, and we shall descend on him as the dew descends on the ground. And of him and all the men that are with him not even one will be left.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:13
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וְאִם לְקַרְתָּא יִתְכְּנַשׁ וְיִתְכַּנְשׁוּן כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל קַרְתָּא הַהִיא וְיַקְפוּנָהּ מַשִׁרְיַן וּנְעַקַר יָתָה וְיַת אַבְנָהָא וְנִרְמִינָהּ לְנַחֲלָא עַד דְלָא נַשְׁאַר תַּמָן אַבְנָהָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And if he gathers into a city, then all Israel will gather itself against that city and armies will encircle it. And we will root it out and its stones, and we will throw it into the brook, until not a stone will be left.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:14
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וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל אֱנַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּקִין מִלְכָּא דְחוּשַׁי אַרְכָּאָה מִמִלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל וַיָי פָקַד לְקַלְקָלָא יַת מִלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל תַּקְנָא בְּדִיל דְיַיתֵי יְיָ עַל אַבְשָׁלוֹם יַת בִּישְׁתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is right, more than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to ruin the right counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:15
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וַאֲמַר חוּשַׁי לְצָדוֹק וּלְאֶבְיָתָר כַּהֲנַיָא כְּדֵין וּכְדֵין מְלִיךְ אֲחִיתוֹפֶל יַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְיַת סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּכְדֵין מְלָכִית אַף אֲנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:16
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וּכְעַן שְׁלָחוּ בִּפְרִיעַ וְחַווּ לְדָוִד לְמֵימַר לָא תָבִית בְּלֵילְיָא בְּמַשְׁרֵי מַדְבְּרָא וְאַף מֶעְבַּר תֶּעְבַּר דִילְמָא יִתַּהֲנֵי לְמַלְכָּא וּלְכָל עַמָא דִי עִמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, send quickly and tell David, saying, “Do not lodge tonight in the valleys of the desert, but by all means pass over. This may be profitable for the king and for all the people who are with him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:17
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וִיהוֹנָתָן וַאֲחִימַעַץ קַיְימִין בְּעֵין קַצְרָא וַאֲזַלַת אַמְתָא וְחַוִיאַת לְהוֹן וְאִינוּן יֵיזְלוּן וְחַוִיאוּ לְמַלְכָּא דָוִד אֲרֵי לָא יָכְלִין לְאִיתְחַזָאָה לְמֵיעַל לְקַרְתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at the Fuller’s Spring. And a handmaid went and told them that they should go and tell King David, because they must not be seen entering the city.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:18
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וַחֲזָא יַתְהוֹן עוּלֵימָא וְחַוִי לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲזַלוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן בִּפְרִיעַ וְעָלוּ לְבֵית גַבְרָא בְּעָלֵימַת וְלֵיהּ גוֹבָא בְּדַרְתֵּיהּ וּנְחָתוּ תַמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But a young man saw them, and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Almath, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:19
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וּנְסִיבַת אִתְּתָא וּפַרְסַת יַת פְרָסָא עַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וּשְׁטָחַת עֲלוֹהִי דְקִילָן וְלָא אִתְיְדַע פִּתְגָמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered dates upon it. And nothing was known of it.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:20
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וַאֲתוֹ עַבְדֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְוַת אִתְּתָא לְבֵיתָא וַאֲמַרוּ אָן אֲחִימַעַץ וִיהוֹנָתָן וַאֲמַרַת לְהוֹן אִתְּתָא כְּבַר עֲבָרוּ יַרְדְנָא וּבְעוֹ וְלָא אַשְׁכָּחוּ וְתָבוּ לִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have already crossed the Jordan.” And when they sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:21
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וַהֲוָה בָּתַר מֵיזַלְהוֹן וּסְלִיקוּ מִגוֹבָא וַאֲזַלוּ וְחַוִיאוּ לְמַלְכָּא דָוִד וַאֲמַרוּ לְדָוִד קוּמוּ וֶעֱבַרוּ בִּפְרִיעַ יַת יַרְדְנָא אֲרֵי כְדֵין מְלִיךְ עֲלֵיכוֹן אֲחִיתוֹפֶל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, “Arise, and quickly cross the Jordan, for thus and thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:22
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וְקָם דָוִד וְכָל עַמָא דִי עִמֵיהּ וַעֲבַרוּ יַת יַרְדְנָא עַד מַנְהַר צַפְרָא עַד חַד לָא שְׁגָא דְלָא עֲבַר יַת יַרְדְנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By morning dawn not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:23
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וַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל חֲזָא אֲרֵי לָא אִתְקַיָם מִלְכֵּיהּ וְזָרֵיז יַת חֲמָרָא וְקָם וַאֲזַל לְבֵיתֵיהּ וּלְקַרְתֵּיהּ וּפַקֵיד עַל אֱנַשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ וְאִתְחַנַק וּמִית וְאִתְקְבַר בִּקְבְרָא דַאֲבוּהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Ahithophel had seen that his counsel was not established, he saddled his ass, and arose and went off home to his own city. And he gave orders concerning the people of his house, and hanged himself, and he died. He was buried in the tomb of his father.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:24
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וְדָוִד אֲתָא לְמַחֲנָיִם וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם עֲבַר יַת יַרְדְנָא הוּא וְכָל אֱנַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
While David came to Mahanaim, Absalom crossed the Jordan, and all the people of Israel with him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:25
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וְיַת עַמָשָׂא מַנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם חֲלַף יוֹאָב עַל חֵילָא וְעַמָשָׂא בַּר גַבְרָא וּשְׁמֵיהּ יִתְרָא יִשְׂרָאֵלָא דְעַל לְוַת אֲבִיגַל בַּת נָחָשׁ אֲחָתֵיהּ דִצְרוּיָה אִמֵיהּ דְיוֹאָב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:26
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וּשְׁרָא יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם בַּאֲרַע גִלְעָד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:27
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וַהֲוָה כַּד אֲתָא דָוִד לְמַחֲנָיִם וְשׁוֹבִי בַר נָחָשׁ מֵרַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמוֹן וּמָכִיר בַּר עַמִיאֵל מִלֹא דְבָר וּבַרְזִלַי גִלְעָדָאָה מֵרֹגְלִים:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:28
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מַכְבִּין וְקוֹלִין וּמָאן דַחֲסַף וְחִטִין וּסְעוֹרִין וְקִמְחָא וְקַלְיָא וּפוּלָא וּטְלוֹפְחִין וְקַלְיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
cushions, jars, earthen pottery, and wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched grain,


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 17:29
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וּדְבַשׁ וּשְׁמָן וְעָאן וְגוּבְנִין דַחֲלַב תּוֹרִין קָרִיבוּ לְדָוִד וּלְעַמָא דִי עִמֵיהּ לְמֵיכַל אֲרֵי אֲמָרוּ עַמָא כָּפִין וּמְשַׁלְהִין וְצָחֵי בְּמַדְבְּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of cow’s milk to David and the people who were with him to eat, for they said, “The people must be hungry and weary and thirsty in the desert.”