Verse
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World English Bible
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Moreover
Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now
choose out
twelve thousand men ,
and I
will
arise
and
pursue
after
David this
night:
Furthermore,
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “
Let me choose twelve thousand men and set
out
tonight
in
pursuit
of
David .
and
I will come
on
him while he is weary
and
weak -handed,
and will make
him afraid;
and all the people who
are
with him shall
flee; and
I will strike the king only;
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
and I
will
bring back
all the people to you :
the
man
whom
you seek is
as
if
all
returned:
[so]
all the people shall
be in
peace.
and bring all the people back
to you as
a
bride
returning
to
her
husband.
You seek the
life
of
only
one
man;
then
all the people will
be at
peace. ”
The
saying
pleased
Absalom well,
and all the elders of Israel.
This
proposal
seemed
good
to
Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Then said
Absalom, Call
now
Hushai the Archite also
, and let us hear likewise
what he says
.
Then Absalom said
, “Summon
Hushai the Archite as
well
, and let us hear what he too
has
to
say
. ”
When
Hushai was
come
to Absalom, Absalom
spoke
to
him, saying,
Ahithophel has spoken after
this manner:
shall
we do
[after]
his
saying
? if not, speak
up.
So
Hushai came
to Absalom, who
told
him, “
Ahithophel has spoken this proposal.
Should
we carry
it
out
? If not, what
do
you
say?”
Hushai said
to
Absalom
, The
counsel
that
Ahithophel
has
given
this time is not good
.
Hushai replied
, “
This time the
advice
of
Ahithophel
is not sound
. ”
Hushai
said
moreover
, You know your father and his men ,
that
they are mighty men, and they
are
fierce in
their
minds,
as a bear robbed of her cubs in
the
field;
and
your father is a man of war ,
and
will not lodge
with the people
.
He
continued
, “
You know your father and his men .
They are mighty men, and as
fierce as a wild
bear robbed of her cubs .
Moreover,
your father is a man of war who
will not spend
the
night
with the troops
.
Behold,
he is hid
now
in some
pit,
or in
some [
other ]
place:
and
it
will
happen,
when
some of them
are
fallen
at
the
first, that
whoever hears it will say, There is
a slaughter among the people
who follow Absalom.
Surely
by
now
he is hiding
in a
cave
or some other location.
If
some of your
troops
fall
first, whoever hears of
it will say, ‘
There has
been
a slaughter among the troops
who follow Absalom. ’
Even he
who
is
valiant ,
whose
heart
is
as
the heart of a lion ,
will utterly
melt ;
for
all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man ,
and
those
who are
with
him
are
valiant men.
Then
even the
most
valiant soldier
with
the heart of a lion will melt with
fear,
because
all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has
valiant men with
him
.
But
I counsel
that all Israel be
gathered
together
to
you,
from Dan even
to Beersheba ,
as
the sand that
is
by
the sea
for
multitude;
and that you go
to
battle in
your
own
person
.
Instead,
I advise
that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba —a
multitude
like
the sand on
the seashore—be
gathered
to
you,
and that you yourself
lead
them
into
battle.
So
shall
we come
on
him in
some
place
where
he
shall
be
found
, and we will light
on him as
the
dew falls
on the ground ;
and
of
him
and of all the men who
are
with him we
will
not leave
so
much
as
one.
Then
we will
attack
David
wherever
we
find
him, and we will descend
on him like
dew on the ground .
And of all the men with him ,
not even
one will
remain
.
Moreover,
if he be
gotten
into
a city, then
shall
all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw
it into
the river,
until there
not be one
small
stone
found there
.
If he retreats
to
a city, all Israel will
bring ropes to that city, and we will drag
it down
to
the valley
until not even
a
pebble
can
be found. ”
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel
of Hushai the Archite is better than the
counsel
of Ahithophel. For Yahweh
had ordained
to defeat
the good counsel of Ahithophel ,
to the
intent
that
Yahweh
might
bring evil
on Absalom.
Then
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “
The advice
of Hushai the Archite is better than that
of Ahithophel. ”
For the
LORD
had purposed
to thwart
the good counsel of Ahithophel in
order
to bring disaster
on Absalom.
Then
said
Hushai to
Zadok and to
Abiathar the priests, Thus
and
thus
did
Ahithophel counsel
Absalom and the elders of Israel ;
and
thus
and thus
have
I counseled
.
So
Hushai told
Zadok and Abiathar ,
the priests, “This
is
what
Ahithophel has
advised
Absalom and the elders of Israel ,
and this
is
what
I have
advised
.
Now therefore
send quickly ,
and tell David, saying,
Don't
lodge
this
night at the fords of the wilderness, but by
all
means
pass
over ;
lest
the king be
swallowed
up,
and all the people who
are
with him.
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do
not
spend
the
night at the fords of the wilderness, but be
sure
to
cross
over .
Otherwise
the king and all the people with him will
be
swallowed
up
. ’”
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by
En Rogel ;
and
a maid-
servant used
to
go
and tell
them ;
and
they went
and told
king David :
for they might
not be seen to
come
into
the city.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at
En -
rogel ,
where
a servant girl
would
come
and pass
along
information
to
them .
They in
turn
would
go
and inform
King David ,
for they dared
not be seen entering
the city.
But a boy
saw
them ,
and told Absalom :
and
they
went
both
of
them
away
quickly ,
and came to the house of a man in Bahurim ,
who
had a well in his court;
and they went
down there
.
But a young
man
did
see
them and told Absalom .
So
the
two
left
quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim .
He
had a well in his courtyard,
and they climbed
down into
it
.
The woman
took and spread the
covering
over the well's
mouth, and
strewed
bruised
grain thereon;
and
nothing
was
known
.
Then
the man’s
wife
took a
covering
and spread it
over the mouth of
the
well
, scattering
grain over
it
so
nobody
would
know
a
thing
.
Absalom's
servants came to the woman to
the house ;
and
they said
, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The
woman
said
to
them,
They have gone
over the brook of
water
. When
they
had
sought
and
could
not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
When
Absalom’s
servants came to the woman at
the house ,
they asked
, “
Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? ”
“
They have crossed
over the brook ,”
she
replied
. The
men
searched
but
did
not find them, so
they returned to Jerusalem.
It
happened,
after they
had departed
, that
they
came
up out of the well ,
and went and
told
king
David;
and
they
said
to David, Arise
you
, and pass
quickly
over the water;
for thus
has
Ahithophel counseled
against you.
After the
men
had gone
, Ahimaaz
and
Jonathan
climbed
up out of the well and went to inform
King
David, saying
, “Get
up
and cross
over the river
at
once,
for Ahithophel has
given
this
advice
against you. ”
Then
David arose,
and all the people who
were
with him ,
and they
passed
over
the Jordan :
by the
morning
light
there lacked
not
one of
them
who had not gone
over
the Jordan.
So
David and all the people with him got
up
and crossed
the Jordan .
By daybreak,
there was
no
one left
who had not crossed
the Jordan.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel
was
not followed, he saddled his donkey ,
and arose,
and
got
him
home,
to
his
city,
and
set his house in order ,
and hanged himself ;
and
he died ,
and was buried in the
tomb
of
his father
.
When Ahithophel saw that his advice
had
not been
followed, he saddled his donkey and set out
for
his house in his
hometown.
He
put
his
affairs
in
order and hanged himself .
So
he died and was buried in his father’s
tomb
.
Then David came
to Mahanaim .
Absalom passed
over
the Jordan ,
he
and
all the men of Israel with
him
.
Then David went
to Mahanaim ,
and
Absalom crossed
the Jordan with
all the men of Israel.
Absalom set
Amasa over the host
instead
of Joab. Now
Amasa was the son of a man ,
whose
name
was
Ithra the
Israelite
, who went
in
to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash ,
sister to
Zeruiah ,
Joab's
mother.
Absalom had
appointed
Amasa over the army
in
place
of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named
Ithra, the
Ishmaelite
who had
married
Abigail ,
the daughter of Nahash and
sister of
Zeruiah the
mother of
Joab
.
Israel
and Absalom encamped
in the land of Gilead.
So
the
Israelites
and Absalom camped
in the land of Gilead.
It
happened,
when David was
come
to Mahanaim, that
Shobi the
son of Nahash of
Rabbah of the children
of
Ammon
, and
Machir the
son of Ammiel of
Lodebar
, and Barzillai the Gileadite of
Rogelim ,
When David came
to Mahanaim, he
was
met
by
Shobi son of Nahash from
Rabbah of the Ammonites
, Machir son of Ammiel from
Lo-debar
, and Barzillai the Gileadite from
Rogelim .
brought beds, and
basins, and earthen vessels, and
wheat, and
barley, and
meal
, and
parched
[
grain ]
, and
beans, and
lentils, and
parched
[pulse],
They
brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as
well
as
wheat, barley, flour
, roasted
grain, beans, lentils,
and
honey, and
butter
, and
sheep, and cheese of
the herd ,
for David ,
and for
the
people who
were
with
him,
to eat :
for they said, The people are
hungry, and
weary
, and thirsty ,
in the wilderness.
honey, curds
, sheep, and cheese from
the herd for David and his
people to eat .
For they said, “
The people have
become
hungry, exhausted
, and thirsty in the wilderness. ”
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