Viewing verse 1-4 of 2 Samuel 17 (with context)
Read Full Chapter Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.*
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.*
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.*
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.*