2 Samuel 17:2 (BSB)

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

From 2 Samuel 17. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:1-14: Absalom is now in peaceable possession of Jerusalem; the palace-royal is his own, as are the thrones of judgment, even the thrones of the house of David. His good father reigned in Hebron, and only over the tribe of Judah, above seven years, and was not hasty to destroy his rival; his government was built upon a divine promise, the performance of which he was...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 17:2: And I will come upon him while he is weary,.... With travelling, and with grief, and when endeavouring to get some rest by sleep, and so surprise him unawares, when not on his guard, and in no posture of defence: and weak handed; while the number of men with him is small, and before the people from different parts can come to his assistance: and...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 2 Samuel 17:1-3: 2Sa 17:1-3 Ahithophel’s advice frustrated by Hushai. - 2Sa 17:1-3. Ahithophel said still further to Absalom, “I will choose out twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue after David this night; and fall upon him when he is exhausted and weak, and fill him with alarm: so shall all the people that are with him flee; and I will smite the king alone (when he...