2 Samuel 17:5-13

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

6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom said to 3him, “Ahithophel has 4proposed this plan. Should we 5carry out his plan? If not, say so yourself.”

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

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

9Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the ravines, or in another place; and it will be that when he falls on them at the first attack, 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, 11will completely despair; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

11But I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, 12from Dan even to Beersheba, 13like the sand that is by the sea in abundance; and that 14you personally go into battle.

12Then we will come to him in one of the places where he can be found, and we will 15fall on him 16just as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him, not even one will be left.

13And if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will 17drag it into the 18valley until not even a pebble is found there.”