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2 Samuel 17:1-14

Moreover Ahithophel
<0302>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
Let me now choose out
<0977> (8799)
twelve
<08147> <06240>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_,
and I will arise
<06965> (8799)
and pursue
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
David
<01732>
this night
<03915>_:
And I will come
<0935> (8799)
upon him while he [is] weary
<03023>
and weak
<07504>
handed
<03027>_,
and will make him afraid
<02729> (8689)_:
and all the people
<05971>
that [are] with him shall flee
<05127> (8804)_;
and I will smite
<05221> (8689)
the king
<04428>
only:
And I will bring back
<07725> (8686)
all the people
<05971>
unto thee: the man
<0376>
whom thou seekest
<01245> (8764)
[is] as if all returned
<07725> (8800)_:
[so] all the people
<05971>
shall be in peace
<07965>_.
And the saying
<01697>
pleased
<03474> (8799)
Absalom
<053>
well
<05869>_,
and all the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Absalom
<053>_,
Call
<07121> (8798)
now Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>
also, and let us hear
<08085> (8799)
likewise what he saith
<06310>_.
{what...: Heb. what is in his mouth}
And when Hushai
<02365>
was come
<0935> (8799)
to Absalom
<053>_,
Absalom
<053>
spake
<0559> (8799)
unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Ahithophel
<0302>
hath spoken
<01696> (8765)
after this manner
<01697>_:
shall we do
<06213> (8799)
[after] his saying
<01697>_?
if not; speak
<01696> (8761)
thou. {his saying: Heb. his word}
And Hushai
<02365>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
The counsel
<06098>
that Ahithophel
<0302>
hath given
<03289> (8804)
[is] not good
<02896>
at this time
<06471>_.
{given: Heb. counselled}
For, said
<0559> (8799)
Hushai
<02365>_,
thou knowest
<03045> (8804)
thy father
<01>
and his men
<0582>_,
that they [be] mighty men
<01368>_,
and they [be] chafed
<04751>
in their minds
<05315>_,
as a bear
<01677>
robbed
<07909>
of her whelps in the field
<07704>_:
and thy father
<01>
[is] a man
<0376>
of war
<04421>_,
and will not lodge
<03885> (8799)
with the people
<05971>_.
{chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul}
Behold, he is hid
<02244> (8737)
now in some
<0259>
pit
<06354>_,
or in some
<0259>
[other] place
<04725>_:
and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown
<05307> (8800)
at the first
<08462>_,
that whosoever
<08085> (8802)
heareth
<08085> (8804)
it will say
<0559> (8804)_,
There is a slaughter
<04046>
among the people
<05971>
that follow
<0310>
Absalom
<053>_.
{overthrown: Heb. fallen}
And he also [that is] valiant
<01121> <02428>_,
whose heart
<03820>
[is] as the heart
<03820>
of a lion
<0738>_,
shall utterly
<04549> (8736)
melt
<04549> (8735)_:
for all Israel
<03478>
knoweth
<03045> (8802)
that thy father
<01>
[is] a mighty man
<01368>_,
and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant
<02428>
men
<01121>_.
Therefore I counsel
<03289> (8804)
that all Israel
<03478>
be generally
<0622> (8736)
gathered
<0622> (8735)
unto thee, from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_,
as the sand
<02344>
that [is] by the sea
<03220>
for multitude
<07230>_;
and that thou go
<01980> (8802)
to battle
<07128>
in thine own person
<06440>_.
{that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc}
So shall we come
<0935> (8804)
upon him in some
<0259>
place
<04725>
where he shall be found
<04672> (8738)_,
and we will light
<05168>
upon him as the dew
<02919>
falleth
<05307> (8799)
on the ground
<0127>_:
and of him and of all the men
<0582>
that [are] with him there shall not be left
<03498> (8738)
so much as
<01571>
one
<0259>_.
Moreover, if
<0518>
he be gotten
<0622> (8735)
into a city
<05892>_,
then shall all Israel
<03478>
bring
<05375> (8689)
ropes
<02256>
to that city
<05892>_,
and we will draw
<05498> (8804)
it into the river
<05158>_,
until there be not one
<01571>
small stone
<06872>
found
<04672> (8738)
there.
And Absalom
<053>
and all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
The counsel
<06098>
of Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>
[is] better
<02896>
than the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_.
For the LORD
<03068>
had appointed
<06680> (8765)
to defeat
<06565> (8687)
the good
<02896>
counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_,
to the intent
<05668>
that the LORD
<03068>
might bring
<0935> (8687)
evil
<07451>
upon Absalom
<053>_.
{appointed: Heb. commanded}


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