2 Samuel 17:1-7 ▼

1 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David tonight,

2 and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,

3 and I bring back all the people to you—as the turning back of the whole [except] the man whom you are seeking—[then] all the people are [at] peace.”

4 And the word is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all [the] elderly of Israel.

5 And Absalom says, “Now call for Hushai the Archite also, and we hear what [is] in his mouth—even he.”

6 And Hushai comes to Absalom, and Absalom speaks to him, saying, “According to this word Ahithophel has spoken; do we do his word? If not, you—speak.”

7 And Hushai says to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled [is] not good at this time.”