2 Samuel 17:5-13

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.