2 Samuel 17

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  1 H302 Moreover Ahithophel H559 said H53 to Absalom, H977 "Let me now choose H8147 twelve H505 thousand H376 men, H6965 and I will arise H7291 and pursue H310 after H1732 David H3915 tonight.
  2 H935 I will come H3023 on him while he is weary H7504 and exhausted, H3027   H2729 and will make him afraid. H5971 All the people H5127 who are with him shall flee. H5221 I will strike H4428 the king only;
  3 H7725 and I will bring back H5971 all the people H376 to you. The man H1245 whom you seek H7725 is as if all returned. H5971 All the people H7965 shall be in peace."
  4 H1697 The saying H3474 pleased H53 Absalom H5869 well, H2205 and all the elders H3478 of Israel.
  5 H53 Then Absalom H559 said, H7121 "Now call H2365 Hushai H757 the Archite H8085 also, and let us hear H6310 likewise what he says."
  6 H2365 When Hushai H935 had come H53 to Absalom, H53 Absalom H559 spoke H559 to him, saying, H302 "Ahithophel H1696 has spoken H1697 like this. H6213 Shall we do H1697 what he says? H1696 If not, speak up."
  7 H2365 Hushai H559 said H53 to Absalom, H6098 "The counsel H302 that Ahithophel H3289 has given H6471 this time H2896 is not good."
  8 H2365 Hushai H559 said H3045 moreover, "You know H1 your father H582 and his men, H1368 that they are mighty men, H4751 and they are fierce H5315 in their minds, H1677 like a bear H7909 robbed H7704 of her cubs in the field. H1 Your father H376 is a man H4421 of war, H3885 and will not lodge H5971 with the people.
  9 H2244 Behold, he is now hidden H259 in some H6354 pit, H259 or in some H4725 other place. H5307 It will happen, when some of them have fallen H8462 at the first, H8085 that whoever H8085 hears H559 it will say, H4046 ‘There is a slaughter H5971 among the people H310 who follow H53 Absalom!'
  10 H1121 Even he who is valiant, H3820 whose heart H3820 is as the heart H738 of a lion, H4549 will utterly H4549 melt; H3478 for all Israel H3045 knows H1 that your father H1368 is a mighty man, H2428 and those who are with him are valiant H1121 men.
  11 H3289 But I counsel H3478 that all Israel H622 be gathered H622 together H1835 to you, from Dan H884 even to Beersheba, H2344 as the sand H3220 that is by the sea H7230 for multitude; H1980 and that you go H7128 to battle H6440 in your own person.
  12 H935 So shall we come H259 on him in some H4725 place H4672 where he shall be found, H5168 and we will light H2919 on him as the dew H5307 falls H127 on the ground; H582 and of him and of all the men H3498 who are with him we will not leave H1571 so much as H259 one.
  13 H518 Moreover, if H622 he be gone H5892 into a city, H3478 then shall all Israel H5375 bring H2256 ropes H5892 to that city, H5498 and we will draw H5158 it into the river, H1571 until there isn't one H6872 small stone H4672 found there."
  14 H53 Absalom H376 and all the men H3478 of Israel H559 said, H6098 "The counsel H2365 of Hushai H757 the Archite H2896 is better H6098 than the counsel H302 of Ahithophel." H3068 For Yahweh H6680 had ordained H6565 to defeat H2896 the good H6098 counsel H302 of Ahithophel, H5668 to the intent H3068 that Yahweh H935 might bring H7451 evil H53 on Absalom.
  15 H2365 Then Hushai H559 said H6659 to Zadok H54 and to Abiathar H3548 the priests, H302 "Ahithophel H3289 counseled H53 Absalom H2205 and the elders H3478 of Israel H3289 that way; and I have counseled this way.
  16 H7971 Now therefore send H4120 quickly, H5046 and tell H1732 David, H559 saying, H3885 ‘Don't lodge H3915 this night H6160 at the fords H4057 of the wilderness, H5674 but by all means H5674 pass over; H4428 lest the king H1104 be swallowed up, H5971 and all the people who are with him.'"
  17 H3083 Now Jonathan H290 and Ahimaaz H5975 were staying H5883 by En Rogel; H8198 and a female servant H1980 used to go H5046 and tell H1980 them; and they went H5046 and told H4428 king H1732 David. H3201 For they might H7200 not be seen H935 to come H5892 into the city.
  18 H5288 But a boy H7200 saw H5046 them, and told H53 Absalom. H8147 Then they both H3212 went H4120 away quickly, H935 and came H1004 to the house H376 of a man H980 in Bahurim, H875 who had a well H2691 in his court; H3381 and they went down H8033 there.
  19 H802 The woman H3947 took H6566 and spread H4539 the covering H875 over the well's H6440 mouth, H7849 and spread H7383 out bruised grain H1697 on it; and nothing H3045 was known.
  20 H53 Absalom's H5650 servants H935 came H802 to the woman H1004 to the house; H559 and they said, H290 "Where are Ahimaaz H3083 and Jonathan?" H802 The woman H559 said H5674 to them, "They have gone over H4323 the brook H4325 of water." H1245 When they had sought H4672 and could not find H7725 them, they returned H3389 to Jerusalem.
  21 H310 It happened, after H3212 they had departed, H5927 that they came up H3212 out H875 of the well, H3212 and went H5046 and told H4428 king H1732 David; H5046 and they said H1732 to David, H6965 "Arise H4120 and pass quickly H5674 over H4325 the water; H302 for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."
  22 H1732 Then David H6965 arose, H5971 and all the people H5674 who were with him, and they passed over H3383 the Jordan. H1242 By the morning H216 light H5737 there lacked H259 not one H5674 of them who had not gone over H3383 the Jordan.
  23 H302 When Ahithophel H7200 saw H6098 that his counsel H6213 was not followed, H2280 he saddled H2543 his donkey, H6965 and arose, H3212 and went home, H1004 to his H5892 city, H3212 and set his house H6680 in order, H2614 and hanged H4191 himself; and he died, H6912 and was buried H6913 in the tomb H1 of his father.
  24 H1732 Then David H935 came H4266 to Mahanaim. H53 Absalom H5674 passed over H3383 the Jordan, H376 he and all the men H3478 of Israel with him.
  25 H53 Absalom H7760 set H6021 Amasa H6635 over the army H3097 instead of Joab. H6021 Now Amasa H1121 was the son H376 of a man, H8034 whose name H3501 was Ithra H3481 the Israelite, H935 who went in H26 to Abigail H1323 the daughter H5176 of Nahash, H269 sister H6870 to Zeruiah, H3097 Joab's H517 mother.
  26 H3478 Israel H53 and Absalom H2583 encamped H776 in the land H1568 of Gilead.
  27 H1732 It happened, when David H935 had come H4266 to Mahanaim, H7629 that Shobi H1121 the son H5176 of Nahash H7237 of Rabbah H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon, H4353 and Machir H1121 the son H5988 of Ammiel H3810 of Lodebar, H1271 and Barzillai H1569 the Gileadite H7274 of Rogelim,
  28 H5066 brought H4904 beds, H5592 basins, H3335 earthen H3627 vessels, H2406 wheat, H8184 barley, H7058 meal, H7039 parched H6321 grain, beans, H5742 lentils, H7039 roasted grain,
  29 H1706 honey, H2529 butter, H6629 sheep, H8194 and cheese H1241 of the herd, H1732 for David, H5971 and for the people H398 who were with him, to eat: H559 for they said, H5971 "The people H7457 are hungry, H5889 and weary, H6771 and thirsty, H4057 in the wilderness."