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Read Full Chapter (2 Samuel 17) 2 Samuel 17:5 KJV
"Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith."
2 Samuel 17:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
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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:
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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.
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.*
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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.*
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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.*
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.*
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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.*