Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Ahithophel said unto
Absalom, `
Let me choose ,
I
pray
thee,
twelve thousand men ,
and I
arise
and
pursue
after
David to-night,
Furthermore,
Ahithophel said to
Absalom, “
Let me choose twelve thousand men and set
out
tonight
in
pursuit
of
David .
and
come
upon
him ,
and
he weary
and
feeble-handed,
and I have
caused
him to
tremble
, and all the people have
fled
who
`are'
with him ,
and
I have
smitten
the king by
himself,
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
bring back
all the people unto
thee
--
as the turning
back
of the
whole
`is'
the
man whom
thou
art
seeking
--
all the people are
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. ”
And
the
thing
is
right
in
the
eyes
of
Absalom ,
and in
the
eyes
of
all the elders of Israel.
This
proposal
seemed
good
to
Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
And
Absalom saith,
`Call,
I
pray
thee
, also
for
Hushai the Archite, and we
hear what `is'
in
his
mouth
--
even
he. '
Then
Absalom said
, “Summon
Hushai the Archite as
well
, and let
us
hear what he too
has
to
say
. ”
And
Hushai cometh
in
unto
Absalom, and
Absalom
speaketh
unto
him, saying,
`According
to
this
word
hath
Ahithophel spoken ;
do
we do
his
word
? if not, thou
--
speak
thou.'
So
Hushai came
to
Absalom, who
told
him, “
Ahithophel has
spoken this
proposal.
Should
we carry
it
out
? If not, what
do
you
say?”
And
Hushai saith
unto
Absalom
, `Not
good
`is'
the
counsel
that
Ahithophel
hath
counselled
at
this time. '
Hushai replied
, “
This time the
advice
of
Ahithophel
is
not
sound
. ”
And
Hushai
saith
, `Thou
hast
known
thy
father and his men ,
that
they `
are '
heroes
, and they
are
bitter
in
soul
as a bereaved
bear in
a
field
, and
thy
father `
is '
a man of war ,
and
doth
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.
lo,
now ,
he is hidden
in one
of
the
pits,
or in
one
of the
places
, and
it hath
been,
at
the
falling
among
them
at
the
commencement,
that
the
hearer
hath
heard,
and
said
, There hath
been a slaughter among the people
who `are'
after
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 .’
and
he
also,
the son
of
valour,
whose
heart
`is'
as
the heart of the
lion ,
doth
utterly
melt, for
all Israel doth
know
that thy
father is a hero,
and
sons
of
valour
`are'
those
with him.
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.
`So
that
I have
counselled:
Let
all Israel be
diligently
gathered
unto
thee,
from Dan even
unto
Beer-Sheba,
as
the sand that
`is'
by
the sea
for
multitude
, and thou
thyself
art
going
in
the
midst;
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.
and
we have
come
in
unto
him in
one
of
the
places
where
he
is
found
, and we `are'
upon
him as
the
dew falleth
on the ground ,
and
there
hath
not
been
left
of
him
and of all the men who
`are'
with him even 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
.
And
if unto
a city he
is
gathered
, then
they
have
caused
all Israel to bear
unto
that city ropes
, and we have
drawn
it unto
the brook
till
that
there
hath
not been
found
there
even a stone
. '
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
. ”
And
Absalom saith
--
and all the men of Israel --
`Better
`is'
the counsel
of Hushai the Archite than the
counsel
of Ahithophel ;'
and
Jehovah
willed
to make
void
the good counsel of Ahithophel for
the
sake
of
Jehovah's
bringing
unto
Absalom the
evil
.
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.
And
Hushai saith
unto
Zadok and unto
Abiathar the priests, `Thus
and
thus
hath
Ahithophel counselled
Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus
and
thus
I have counselled;
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.
and
now ,
send hastily,
and declare
to
David, saying,
Lodge
not to-
night in
the plains
of the wilderness, and
also,
certainly
pass
over,
lest
there
be a
swallowing
up
of
the king and of
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
. ’”
And
Jonathan and Ahimaaz are
standing
at En-Rogel, and
the
maid-
servant hath
gone
and declared
to them --
and
they go and have
declared
`it'
to
king David --
for they are
not able
to
be seen to
go
in
to
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.
And
a youth
seeth
them ,
and declareth
to
Absalom ;
and
they
go
on
both
of
them
hastily,
and come
in
unto
the house of a man in Bahurim ,
and
he hath
a well in his court
, and they go
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.
and
the
woman
taketh
and
spreadeth
the covering over the face
of the well, and
spreadeth
on
it the
ground
corn,
and
the
thing hath
not
been
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.
And
the
servants of
Absalom
come
in
unto
the woman to
the house, and
say
, `
Where `
are '
Ahimaaz and Jonathan? '
and
the
woman
saith
to
them,
`
They passed
over the brook of
water;'
and
they
seek
, and
have
not found
, and
turn
back
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.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
after their
going
on
, that
they
come
up out of the well ,
and go
and
declare
to king David, and
say
unto
David,
`Rise
ye
, and pass
over hastily
the waters
, for thus
hath
Ahithophel counselled
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. ”
And
David riseth,
and all the people who
`are'
with him ,
and they
pass
over
the Jordan ,
till
the
light
of
the
morning
, till
one hath
not
been
lacking
who hath
not passed
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.
And
Ahithophel hath
seen
that his counsel
was
not done
, and
he saddleth
the
ass,
and
riseth
and goeth
unto
his house ,
unto
his city,
and
giveth
charge
unto
his household,
and strangleth
himself ,
and
dieth,
and
he is
buried in the
burying-place
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
.
And
David came
to Mahanaim, and 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 .
and
Amasa
hath
Absalom set
instead
of
Joab
over the host,
and
Amasa `is'
a
man's
son whose
name
is
Ithra the Israelite
who hath
gone
in
unto
Abigail, daughter of Nahash ,
sister of Zeruiah ,
mother of Joab ;
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 .
and Israel
encampeth
with
Absalom `
in '
the land of Gilead.
So
the
Israelites
and Absalom camped
in the land of Gilead.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
at
the
coming
in
of
David to Mahanaim, that
Shobi ,
son of Nahash ,
from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon
, and
Machir son of Ammiel ,
from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite ,
from 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 .
couch
, and
basin
, and earthen vessel
, and
wheat, and
barley, and
flour, and
roasted `corn'
, and
beans, and
lentiles,
and
roasted
`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
kine,
have
brought
nigh
for David ,
and for
the
people who
`are'
with
him
to eat ,
for they said, `Thy
people `is'
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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