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Hushai Counters Ahithophel's Advice

1Moreover Ahithophelsaidunto Absalom,Let me now choose outtwelvethousandmen,and I will ariseand pursueafterDavidthis night:2And I will comeupon him while he [is] wearyand weakhanded,and will make him afraid:and all the peoplethat [are] with him shall flee;and I will smitethe kingonly:3And I will bring backall the peopleunto thee: the manwhom thou seekest[is] as if all returned:[so] all the peopleshall be in peace.4And the sayingpleasedAbsalomwell,and all the eldersof Israel.

5Then saidAbsalom,Callnow Hushaithe Architealso, and let us hearlikewise what he saith.6And when Hushaiwas cometo Absalom,Absalomspakeunto him, saying,Ahithophelhath spokenafter this manner:shall we do[after] his saying?if not; speakthou.7And Hushaisaidunto Absalom,The counselthat Ahithophelhath given[is] not goodat this time.8For, saidHushai,thou knowestthy fatherand his men,that they [be] mighty men,and they [be] chafedin their minds,as a bearrobbedof her whelps in the field:and thy father[is] a manof war,and will not lodgewith the people.9Behold, he is hidnow in somepit,or in some[other] place:and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrownat the first,that whosoeverhearethit will say,There is a slaughteramong the peoplethat followAbsalom.10And he also [that is] valiant,whose heart[is] as the heartof a lion,shall utterlymelt:for all Israelknoweththat thy father[is] a mighty man,and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiantmen.11Therefore I counselthat all Israelbe generallygatheredunto thee, from Daneven to Beersheba,as the sandthat [is] by the seafor multitude;and that thou goto battlein thine own person.12So shall we comeupon him in someplacewhere he shall be found,and we will lightupon him as the dewfallethon the ground:and of him and of all the menthat [are] with him there shall not be leftso much asone.13Moreover, ifhe be gotteninto a city,then shall all Israelbringropesto that city,and we will drawit into the river,until there be not onesmall stonefoundthere.14And Absalomand all the menof Israelsaid,The counselof Hushaithe Archite[is] betterthan the counselof Ahithophel.For the LORDhad appointedto defeatthe goodcounselof Ahithophel,to the intentthat the LORDmight bringevilupon Absalom.

Hushai's Warning Saves David

(Psalm 55:1-23)

15Then saidHushaiunto Zadokand to Abiatharthe priests,Thus and thus did AhithophelcounselAbsalomand the eldersof Israel;and thus and thus have I counselled.16Now therefore sendquickly,and tellDavid,saying,Lodgenot this nightin the plainsof the wilderness,but speedilypass over;lest the kingbe swallowed up,and all the peoplethat [are] with him.17Now Jonathanand Ahimaazstayedby Enrogel;for they mightnot be seento comeinto the city:and a wenchwentand toldthem; and they wentand toldkingDavid.18Nevertheless a ladsawthem, and toldAbsalom:but they wentbothof them away quickly,and cameto a man'shousein Bahurim,which had a wellin his court;whitherthey went down.19And the womantookand spreada coveringover the well'smouth,and spreadground cornthereon; and the thingwas not known.20And when Absalom'sservantscameto the womanto the house,they said,Where [is] Ahimaazand Jonathan?And the womansaidunto them, They be gone overthe brookof water.And when they had soughtand could not find[them], they returnedto Jerusalem.

21And it came to pass, afterthey were departed,that they came upout of the well,and wentand toldkingDavid,and saidunto David,Arise,and pass quicklyoverthe water:for thus hath Ahithophelcounselledagainst you.22Then Davidarose,and all the peoplethat [were] with him, and they passed overJordan:by the morninglightthere lackednot oneof them that was not gone overJordan.

23And when Ahithophelsawthat his counselwas not followed,he saddled[his] ass,and arose,and gat him hometo his house,to his city,and put his householdin order,and hangedhimself, and died,and was buriedin the sepulchreof his father.

24Then Davidcameto Mahanaim.And Absalompassed overJordan,he and all the menof Israelwith him.25And AbsalommadeAmasacaptain of the hostinstead of Joab:which Amasa[was] a man'sson,whose name[was] Ithraan Israelite,that went into Abigailthe daughterof Nahash,sisterto ZeruiahJoab'smother.26So Israeland Absalompitchedin the landof Gilead.

27And it came to pass, when Davidwas cometo Mahanaim,that Shobithe sonof Nahashof Rabbahof the childrenof Ammon,and Machirthe sonof Ammielof Lodebar,and Barzillaithe Gileaditeof Rogelim,28Broughtbeds,and basons,and earthenvessels,and wheat,and barley,and flour,and parched[corn], and beans,and lentiles,and parched[pulse],29And honey,and butter,and sheep,and cheeseof kine,for David,and for the peoplethat [were] with him, to eat:for they said,The people[is] hungry,and weary,and thirsty,in the wilderness.