2 Samuel 17:9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!'
The setting
Jerusalem, ~1000 BC. Night council meeting. Hushai warns of David's guerrilla tactics while secretly loyal to the fugitive king.
The emotion here: calculating fear while maintaining false loyalty
The original word
bôr (בּוֹר) — deep pit or cistern, often used as prison or trap
Why it matters
David learned guerrilla warfare during his 7 years fleeing from Saul
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Samuel 17:9
Hushai is David's spy giving deliberately bad military advice to Absalom
Common misconceptionPeople think this is just military strategy, but it's actually a father's broken heart expressed through his spy's warnings about his own son's hunt for him.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Samuel 17:9 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Samuel 17:9 comes from the book of 2 Samuel, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Hushai. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include strategy, warfare, casualties. Notable phrases: hidden in some pit; some of them have fallen.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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