2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”

2 Samuel 17:14

17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.


tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”

tn Heb “commanded.”