2 Samuel 17

1And AhithophelH302 saidH559 to AbsalomH53, Let me, I pray, chooseH977 out twelve thousandH505 menH376, and I will ariseH6965 and pursueH7291 after DavidH1732 to-night; 2and I will comeH935 upon him while he is wearyH3023 and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the peopleH5971 that are with him shall fleeH5127; and I will smite the kingH4428 onlyH905; 3and I will bringH7725 backH7725 all the peopleH5971 to thee. The manH376 whom thou seekest is as if all returnedH7725: all the peopleH5971 shall beH1961 in peaceH7965. 4And the saying was right in the eyesH5869 of AbsalomH53, and in the eyesH5869 of all the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478. 5And AbsalomH53 saidH559, CallH7121 now HushaiH2365 the Archite alsoH1571, and we will hearH8085 alsoH1571 what he saysH559. 6And HushaiH2365 cameH935 to AbsalomH53, and AbsalomH53 spokeH1696 to him sayingH559, AhithophelH302 has spokenH1696 after this mannerH1697: shall we carry out his wordH1697? If not, speakH1696 thou. 7And HushaiH2365 saidH559 to AbsalomH53, The counselH6098 that AhithophelH302 has given this timeH6471 is not goodH2896. 8And HushaiH2365 saidH559, Thou knowest thy fatherH1 and his menH376, that they are mightyH1368 menH376, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bearH1677 robbed of her whelps in the fieldH7704; and thy fatherH1 is a manH376 of warH4421, and will not lodge with the peopleH5971. 9Behold, he is hidH2244 nowH6258 in some pitH6354, or some such placeH4725; and it will come to pass, when some of them fallH5307 at the first, whoever heareth it will sayH559, There has beenH1961 slaughterH4046 among the peopleH5971 that follow AbsalomH53, 10and even the valiant manH1368 whose heartH3820 is as the heartH3820 of a lionH738 shall utterly meltH4549; for all IsraelH3478 knowsH3045 that thy fatherH1 is a mightyH1368 manH1368, and they that are with him are valiant menH1368. 11But I counselH3289 that all IsraelH3478 be speedily gatheredH622 to thee, from DanH1835 even to Beer-sheba, as the sandH2344 that is by the seaH3220 for multitudeH7230; and that thou goH1980 to battleH7128 in thine own person. 12And we shall comeH935 upon him in some placeH4725 whereH834 he shall be foundH4672, and we will light upon him as the dewH2919 fallsH5307 on the groundH127; and of him and of all the menH376 that are with him there shall not be leftH3498 so much as oneH259. 13And if he withdrawH622 into a cityH5892, then shall all IsraelH3478 bring ropesH2256 to that cityH5892, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone foundH4672 there. 14And AbsalomH53 and all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, The counselH6098 of HushaiH2365 the Archite is betterH2896 than the counselH6098 of AhithophelH302. And Jehovah had appointedH6680 to defeat the goodH2896 counselH6098 of AhithophelH302, in order that Jehovah might bringH935 evilH7451 upon AbsalomH53. 15And HushaiH2365 saidH559 to ZadokH6659 and to AbiatharH54 the priestsH3548, Thus and thus did AhithophelH302 counselH3289 AbsalomH53 and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16And nowH6258 sendH7971 quicklyH4120, and tellH5046 DavidH1732 sayingH559, Lodge not this nightH3915 in the plainsH6160 of the wildernessH4057, but speedily passH5674 over; lestH6435 the kingH4428 be swallowedH1104 up, and all the peopleH5971 that are with him. 17And JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 stayed by En-rogelH5883; and the maid wentH1980 and toldH5046 them; and they wentH1980 and toldH5046 kingH4428 DavidH1732, for they might not be seenH7200 to comeH935 into the cityH5892. 18But a ladH5288 sawH7200 them, and toldH5046 AbsalomH53. Then they wentH935 both of them away quicklyH4120, and cameH935 to the houseH1004 of a manH376 at BahurimH980, who had a wellH875 in his courtH2691; and they wentH935 downH3381 there. 19And the womanH802 tookH3947 and spreadH6566 the coveringH4539 over the well's mouth, and spreadH6566 ground corn on it; and the thingH1697 was not knownH3045. 20And Absalom's servantsH5650 cameH935 to the womanH802 to the houseH1004, and saidH559, WhereH346 are AhimaazH290 and JonathanH3083? And the womanH802 saidH559 to them, They have goneH935 over the brook of waterH4325. And they soughtH1245 and could not findH4672 [them], and returnedH7725 to JerusalemH3389. 21And it came to passH5674 after they had departed, that they came up out of the wellH875, and wentH5927 and toldH5046 kingH4428 DavidH1732; and they saidH559 to DavidH1732, AriseH6965 and passH5674 quicklyH4120 over the waterH4325; for thusH3602 has AhithophelH302 counselled against you. 22Then DavidH1732 aroseH6965, and all the peopleH5971 that were with him, and they passedH5674 over the JordanH3383; by the morningH1242 lightH216 there was not oneH259 of them missing that had not gone over the JordanH3383. 23And when AhithophelH302 sawH7200 that his counselH6098 was not followed, he saddledH2280 his ass, and aroseH6965 and went to his houseH1004, to his cityH5892, and gave charge to his householdH1004, and hanged himself, and he diedH4191; and he was buriedH6912 in the sepulchre of his fatherH1. 24And DavidH1732 cameH935 to MahanaimH4266. And AbsalomH53 passedH5674 over the JordanH3383, he and all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 with him. 25And AbsalomH53 setH7760 AmasaH6021 over the hostH6635 instead of JoabH3097; which AmasaH6021 was the sonH1121 of a manH376 whose nameH8034 was Jithra the IsraeliteH3481, that wentH935 in to AbigailH26 the daughterH1323 of NahashH5176, sisterH269 to ZeruiahH6870, Joab's motherH517. 26And IsraelH3478 and AbsalomH53 encampedH2583 in the landH776 of GileadH1568. 27And as soon as DavidH1732 cameH935 to MahanaimH4266, Shobi the sonH1121 of NahashH5176 of RabbahH7237 of the children of AmmonH5983, and Machir the sonH1121 of AmmielH5988 of Lo-debarH3810, and BarzillaiH1271 the GileaditeH1569 of RogelimH7274, 28brought bedsH4904, and basons, and earthen vesselsH3627, and wheatH2406, and barleyH8184, and flourH7058, and parched [corn], and beansH6321, and lentilsH5742, and parched [pulse], 29and honeyH1706, and cream, and sheepH6629, and cheese of kine to DavidH1732, and to the peopleH5971 that were with him, to eatH398; for they saidH559, The peopleH5971 is hungryH7457, and wearyH5889, and thirstyH6771 in the wildernessH4057.