2 Samuel 17

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  1 H302 Moreover Ahithophel H559 [H8799] said H53 to Absalom H977 [H8799] , Let me now choose out H8147 H6240 twelve H505 thousand H376 men H6965 [H8799] , and I will arise H7291 [H8799] and pursue H310 after H1732 David H3915 this night:
  2 H935 [H8799] And I will come H3023 upon him while he is weary H7504 and weak H3027 handed H2729 [H8689] , and will make him afraid H5971 : and all the people H5127 [H8804] that are with him shall flee H5221 [H8689] ; and I will smite H4428 the king only:
  3 H7725 [H8686] And I will bring back H5971 all the people H376 to thee: the man H1245 [H8764] whom thou seekest H7725 [H8800] is as if all returned H5971 : so all the people H7965 shall be in peace.
  4 H1697 And the saying H3474 [H8799] pleased H53 Absalom H5869 well H2205 , and all the elders H3478 of Israel.
  5 H559 [H8799] Then said H53 Absalom H7121 [H8798] , Call H2365 now Hushai H757 the Archite H8085 [H8799] also, and let us hear H6310 likewise what he saith.
  6 H2365 And when Hushai H935 [H8799] had come H53 to Absalom H53 , Absalom H559 [H8799] spoke H559 [H8800] to him, saying H302 , Ahithophel H1696 [H8765] hath spoken H1697 after this manner H6213 [H8799] : shall we do H1697 after his saying H1696 [H8761] ? if not; speak thou.
  7 H2365 And Hushai H559 [H8799] said H53 to Absalom H6098 , The counsel H302 that Ahithophel H3289 [H8804] hath given H2896 is not good H6471 at this time.
  8 H559 [H8799] For, said H2365 Hushai H3045 [H8804] , thou knowest H1 thy father H582 and his men H1368 , that they are mighty men H4751 , and they are chafed H5315 in their minds H1677 , as a bear H7909 robbed H7704 of her whelps in the field H1 : and thy father H376 is a man H4421 of war H3885 [H8799] , and will not lodge H5971 with the people.
  9 H2244 [H8737] Behold, he is hid H259 now in some H6354 pit H259 , or in some H4725 other place H5307 [H8800] : and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown H8462 at the first H8085 [H8802] , that whoever H8085 [H8804] heareth H559 [H8804] it will say H4046 , There is a slaughter H5971 among the people H310 that follow H53 Absalom.
  10 H1121 H2428 And he also that is valiant H3820 , whose heart H3820 is as the heart H738 of a lion H4549 [H8736] , shall utterly H4549 [H8735] melt H3478 : for all Israel H3045 [H8802] knoweth H1 that thy father H1368 is a mighty man H2428 , and they who are with him are valiant H1121 men.
  11 H3289 [H8804] Therefore I counsel H3478 that all Israel H622 [H8736] should be generally H622 [H8735] gathered H1835 to thee, from Dan H884 even to Beersheba H2344 , as the sand H3220 that is by the sea H7230 for multitude H1980 [H8802] ; and that thou shouldest go H7128 to battle H6440 in thy own person.
  12 H935 [H8804] So shall we come H259 upon him in some H4725 place H4672 [H8738] where he shall be found H5168 , and we will light H2919 upon him as the dew H5307 [H8799] falleth H127 on the ground H582 : and of him and of all the men H3498 [H8738] that are with him there shall not be left H1571 so much as H259 one.
  13 H518 Moreover, if H622 [H8735] he shall have entered H5892 into a city H3478 , then shall all Israel H5375 [H8689] bring H2256 ropes H5892 to that city H5498 [H8804] , and we will draw H5158 it into the river H1571 , until there is not one H6872 small stone H4672 [H8738] found there.
  14 H53 And Absalom H376 and all the men H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] said H6098 , The counsel H2365 of Hushai H757 the Archite H2896 is better H6098 than the counsel H302 of Ahithophel H3068 . For the LORD H6680 [H8765] had appointed H6565 [H8687] to defeat H2896 the good H6098 counsel H302 of Ahithophel H5668 , to the intent H3068 that the LORD H935 [H8687] might bring H7451 evil H53 upon Absalom.
  15 H559 [H8799] Then said H2365 Hushai H6659 to Zadok H54 and to Abiathar H3548 the priests H302 , Thus and thus did Ahithophel H3289 [H8804] counsel H53 Absalom H2205 and the elders H3478 of Israel H3289 [H8804] ; and thus and thus have I counselled.
  16 H7971 [H8798] Now therefore send H4120 quickly H5046 [H8685] , and tell H1732 David H559 [H8800] , saying H3885 [H8799] , Lodge H3915 not this night H6160 H5679 [H8675] in the plains H4057 of the wilderness H5674 [H8800] , but speedily H5674 [H8799] pass over H4428 ; lest the king H1104 [H8792] be swallowed up H5971 , and all the people that are with him.
  17 H3083 Now Jonathan H290 and Ahimaaz H5975 [H8802] stayed H5883 by Enrogel H3201 [H8799] ; for they might H7200 [H8736] not be seen H935 [H8800] to come H5892 into the city H8198 : and a maidservant H1980 [H8804] went H5046 [H8689] and told H3212 [H8799] them; and they went H5046 [H8689] and told H4428 king H1732 David.
  18 H5288 Nevertheless a lad H7200 [H8799] saw H5046 [H8686] them, and told H53 Absalom H3212 [H8799] : but they went H8147 both H4120 of them away quickly H935 [H8799] , and came H1004 to the house H376 of a man H980 in Bahurim H875 , who had a well H2691 in his court H8033 ; into which H3381 [H8799] they descended.
  19 H802 And the woman H3947 [H8799] took H6566 [H8799] and spread H4539 a covering H875 over the well's H6440 mouth H7849 [H8799] , and spread H7383 ground grain H1697 on it; and the thing H3045 [H8738] was not known.
  20 H53 And when Absalom's H5650 servants H935 [H8799] came H802 to the woman H1004 to the house H559 [H8799] , they said H290 , Where is Ahimaaz H3083 and Jonathan H802 ? And the woman H559 [H8799] said H5674 [H8804] to them, They have gone over H4323 the brook H4325 of water H1245 [H8762] . And when they had sought H4672 [H8804] and could not find H7725 [H8799] them, they returned H3389 to Jerusalem.
  21 H310 And it came to pass, after H3212 [H8800] they had departed H5927 [H8799] , that they came H875 out of the well H3212 [H8799] , and went H5046 [H8686] and told H4428 king H1732 David H559 [H8799] , and said H1732 to David H6965 [H8798] , Arise H4120 , and pass quickly H5674 [H8798] over H4325 the water H302 : for thus hath Ahithophel H3289 [H8804] counselled against you.
  22 H1732 Then David H6965 [H8799] arose H5971 , and all the people H5674 [H8799] that were with him, and they passed over H3383 Jordan H1242 : by the morning H216 light H5737 [H8738] there was left H259 not one H5674 [H8804] of them that had not gone over H3383 Jordan.
  23 H302 And when Ahithophel H7200 [H8804] saw H6098 that his counsel H6213 [H8738] was not followed H2280 [H8799] , he saddled H2543 his donkey H6965 [H8799] , and arose H3212 [H8799] , and went home H1004 to his house H5892 , to his city H1004 , and put his household H6680 [H8762] in order H2614 [H8735] , and hanged H4191 [H8799] himself, and died H6912 [H8735] , and was buried H6913 in the sepulchre H1 of his father.
  24 H1732 Then David H935 [H8804] came H4266 to Mahanaim H53 . And Absalom H5674 [H8804] passed over H3383 Jordan H376 , he and all the men H3478 of Israel with him.
  25 H53 And Absalom H7760 [H8804] made H6021 Amasa H6635 captain of the host H3097 instead of Joab H6021 : which Amasa H376 was a man's H1121 son H8034 , whose name H3501 was Ithra H3481 an Israelite H935 [H8804] , that went in H26 to Abigail H1323 the daughter H5176 of Nahash H269 , sister H6870 to Zeruiah H3097 Joab's H517 mother.
  26 H3478 So Israel H53 and Absalom H2583 [H8799] encamped H776 in the land H1568 of Gilead.
  27 H1732 And it came to pass, when David H935 [H8800] had come H4266 to Mahanaim H7629 , that Shobi H1121 the son H5176 of Nahash H7237 of Rabbah H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon H4353 , and Machir H1121 the son H5988 of Ammiel H3810 of Lodebar H1271 , and Barzillai H1569 the Gileadite H7274 of Rogelim,
  28 H5066 [H8689] Brought H4904 beds H5592 , and basins H3335 [H8802] , and earthen H3627 vessels H2406 , and wheat H8184 , and barley H7058 , and flour H7039 , and roasted H6321 grain, and beans H5742 , and lentiles H7039 , and roasted seeds,
  29 H1706 And honey H2529 , and butter H6629 , and sheep H8194 , and cheese H1241 of cows H1732 , for David H5971 , and for the people H398 [H8800] that were with him, to eat H559 [H8804] : for they said H5971 , The people H7457 are hungry H5889 , and weary H6771 , and thirsty H4057 , in the wilderness.