2 Samuel 16:21-17:4 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines that he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that thou are abhorred by thy father. Then the hands of all who are with thee will be strong.

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²¹ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines that he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that thou are abhorred by thy father. Then the hands of all who are with thee will be strong. ²² So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. ²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. ¹⁷ ¹ Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. ² And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king, ³ and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seek is as if all returned, so all the people shall be in peace. ⁴ And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.