“I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 17 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.