2 Samuel 17:7-14

7So Hushai said to Absalom, “1This time the advice that Ahithophel has 2given is not good.” 8Then Hushai said, “You yourself know your father and his men, that they are warriors and they are 3fierce, 4like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. And your father is an 5expert 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, 6will 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, 7from Dan even to Beersheba, 8like the sand that is by the sea in abundance; and that 9you personally go into battle. 12Then we will come to him in one of the places where he can be found, and we will 10fall on him 11just 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 12drag it into the 13valley until not even a pebble is found there.” 14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For 14the Lord had ordained to foil the good advice of Ahithophel, in order for the Lord to bring disaster on Absalom.