2 Samuel 17:5-13

5Then Absalom said, “Now call 1Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what 2he has to say.”

6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom said to 3him, “Ahithophel has spoken 4thus. Shall we 5carry out his plan? If not, you speak.”

7So Hushai said to Absalom, “6This time the advice that Ahithophel has 7given is not good.”

8Moreover, Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and they are 8fierce, 9like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is an 10expert in warfare, and will not spend the night with the people.

9Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the 11caves or in another place; and it will be 12when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

10And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, 13will completely 14lose heart; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men.

11But I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, 15from Dan even to Beersheba, 16as the sand that is by the sea in abundance, and that 17you personally go into battle.

12So we shall come to him in one of the places where he can be found, and we will 18fall on him 19as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him, not even one will be left.

13If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will 20drag it into the 21valley until not even a small stone is found there.”