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1 # Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom <053>, Let me now choose out <0977> (8799) twelve <08147> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376>, and I will arise <06965> (8799) and pursue <07291> (8799) after <0310> David <01732> this night <03915>:
2 And I will come <0935> (8799) upon him while he is weary <03023> and weak <07504> handed <03027>, and will make him afraid <02729> (8689): and all the people <05971> that are with him shall flee <05127> (8804); and I will smite <05221> (8689) the king <04428> only:
3 And I will bring back <07725> (8686) all the people <05971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom thou seekest <01245> (8764) is as if all returned <07725> (8800): so all the people <05971> shall be in peace <07965>.
4 And the saying <01697> pleased <03474> (8799) Absalom <053> well <05869>, and all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>.
5 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053>, Call <07121> (8798) now Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757> also, and let us hear <08085> (8799) likewise what he saith <06310>.
6 And when Hushai <02365> was come <0935> (8799) to Absalom <053>, Absalom <053> spake <0559> (8799) unto him, saying <0559> (8800), Ahithophel <0302> hath spoken <01696> (8765) after this manner <01697>: shall we do <06213> (8799) after his saying <01697>? if not; speak <01696> (8761) thou.
7 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom <053>, The counsel <06098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given <03289> (8804) is not good <02896> at this time <06471>.
8 For, said <0559> (8799) Hushai <02365>, thou knowest <03045> (8804) thy father <01> and his men <0582>, that they be mighty men <01368>, and they be chafed <04751> in their minds <05315>, as a bear <01677> robbed <07909> of her whelps in the field <07704>: and thy father <01> is a man <0376> of war <04421>, and will not lodge <03885> (8799) with the people <05971>.
9 Behold, he is hid <02244> (8737) now in some <0259> pit <06354>, or in some <0259> other place <04725>: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown <05307> (8800) at the first <08462>, that whosoever <08085> (8802) heareth <08085> (8804) it will say <0559> (8804), There is a slaughter <04046> among the people <05971> that follow <0310> Absalom <053>.
10 And he also that is valiant <01121> <02428>, whose heart <03820> is as the heart <03820> of a lion <0738>, shall utterly <04549> (8736) melt <04549> (8735): for all Israel <03478> knoweth <03045> (8802) that thy father <01> is a mighty man <01368>, and they which be with him are valiant <02428> men <01121>.
11 Therefore I counsel <03289> (8804) that all Israel <03478> be generally <0622> (8736) gathered <0622> (8735) unto thee, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>, as the sand <02344> that is by the sea <03220> for multitude <07230>; and that thou go <01980> (8802) to battle <07128> in thine own person <06440>.
12 So shall we come <0935> (8804) upon him in some <0259> place <04725> where he shall be found <04672> (8738) , and we will light <05168> upon him as the dew <02919> falleth <05307> (8799) on the ground <0127>: and of him and of all the men <0582> that are with him there shall not be left <03498> (8738) so much as <01571> one <0259>.
13 Moreover, if <0518> he be gotten <0622> (8735) into a city <05892>, then shall all Israel <03478> bring <05375> (8689) ropes <02256> to that city <05892>, and we will draw <05498> (8804) it into the river <05158>, until there be not one <01571> small stone <06872> found <04672> (8738) there.
14 And Absalom <053> and all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799), The counsel <06098> of Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757> is better <02896> than the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>. For the LORD <03068> had appointed <06680> (8765) to defeat <06565> (8687) the good <02896> counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302> , to the intent <05668> that the LORD <03068> might bring <0935> (8687) evil <07451> upon Absalom <053>.
15 # Then said <0559> (8799) Hushai <02365> unto Zadok <06659> and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548> , Thus and thus did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <03289> (8804) Absalom <053> and the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>; and thus and thus have I counselled <03289> (8804).
16 Now therefore send <07971> (8798) quickly <04120>, and tell <05046> (8685) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), Lodge <03885> (8799) not this night <03915> in the plains <06160> (8675) <05679> of the wilderness <04057>, but speedily <05674> (8800) pass over <05674> (8799); lest the king <04428> be swallowed up <01104> (8792), and all the people <05971> that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan <03083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed <05975> (8802) by Enrogel <05883>; for they might <03201> (8799) not be seen <07200> (8736) to come <0935> (8800) into the city <05892>: and a wench <08198> went <01980> (8804) and told <05046> (8689) them; and they went <03212> (8799) and told <05046> (8689) king <04428> David <01732>.
18 Nevertheless a lad <05288> saw <07200> (8799) them, and told <05046> (8686) Absalom <053>: but they went <03212> (8799) both <08147> of them away quickly <04120>, and came <0935> (8799) to a man's <0376> house <01004> in Bahurim <0980>, which had a well <0875> in his court <02691>; whither <08033> they went down <03381> (8799) .
19 And the woman <0802> took <03947> (8799) and spread <06566> (8799) a covering <04539> over the well's <0875> mouth <06440>, and spread <07849> (8799) ground corn <07383> thereon; and the thing <01697> was not known <03045> (8738).
20 And when Absalom's <053> servants <05650> came <0935> (8799) to the woman <0802> to the house <01004> , they said <0559> (8799), Where is Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <03083>? And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto them, They be gone over <05674> (8804) the brook <04323> of water <04325>. And when they had sought <01245> (8762) and could not find <04672> (8804) them, they returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>.
21 And it came to pass, after <0310> they were departed <03212> (8800), that they came up <05927> (8799) out of the well <0875>, and went <03212> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) king <04428> David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Arise <06965> (8798), and pass quickly <04120> over <05674> (8798) the water <04325>: for thus hath Ahithophel <0302> counselled <03289> (8804) against you.
22 # Then David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and all the people <05971> that were with him, and they passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>: by the morning <01242> light <0216> there lacked <05737> (8738) not one <0259> of them that was not gone over <05674> (8804) Jordan <03383>.
23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <07200> (8804) that his counsel <06098> was not followed <06213> (8738) , he saddled <02280> (8799) his ass <02543>, and arose <06965> (8799), and gat him home <03212> (8799) to his house <01004>, to his city <05892>, and put his household <01004> in order <06680> (8762), and hanged <02614> (8735) himself, and died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in the sepulchre <06913> of his father <01>.
24 Then David <01732> came <0935> (8804) to Mahanaim <04266>. And Absalom <053> passed over <05674> (8804) Jordan <03383>, he and all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> with him.
25 And Absalom <053> made <07760> (8804) Amasa <06021> captain of the host <06635> instead of Joab <03097> : which Amasa <06021> was a man's <0376> son <01121>, whose name <08034> was Ithra <03501> an Israelite <03481> , that went in <0935> (8804) to Abigail <026> the daughter <01323> of Nahash <05176>, sister <0269> to Zeruiah <06870> Joab's <03097> mother <0517>.
26 So Israel <03478> and Absalom <053> pitched <02583> (8799) in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>.
27 And it came to pass, when David <01732> was come <0935> (8800) to Mahanaim <04266>, that Shobi <07629> the son <01121> of Nahash <05176> of Rabbah <07237> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and Machir <04353> the son <01121> of Ammiel <05988> of Lodebar <03810>, and Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> of Rogelim <07274>,
28 Brought <05066> (8689) beds <04904>, and basons <05592>, and earthen <03335> (8802) vessels <03627>, and wheat <02406>, and barley <08184>, and flour <07058>, and parched <07039> corn, and beans <06321>, and lentiles <05742>, and parched <07039> pulse,
29 And honey <01706>, and butter <02529>, and sheep <06629>, and cheese <08194> of kine <01241>, for David <01732>, and for the people <05971> that were with him, to eat <0398> (8800): for they said <0559> (8804), The people <05971> is hungry <07457>, and weary <05889>, and thirsty <06771>, in the wilderness <04057>.