2 Samuel 17:1-7 ▼

1 |Give me 12,000 men! I'll leave tonight and pursue David,| Ahithophel advised Absalom.

2 |I'll catch him while he is still tired and weak. I'll frighten him so all his people with him desert him. But I'll only kill the king.

3 Then I'll bring everybody else back to you. When the man you're looking for is dead, all the rest of the people will return quietly.|

4 Even though this plan seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all of the elders of Israel,

5 Absalom replied, |Call in Hushai the Archite so I can hear what he has to say, too!|

6 When Hushai approached Absalom, Absalom asked him, |Here's what Ahithophel had to advise. Should we do what he says? Or if not, say so!|

7 |Ahithophel's advice is not best at this time,| Hushai suggested to Absalom.