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2 Samuel 17

Hushai's Counsel

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Furthermore, Ahithophelh302 saidh559 to Absalomh53, "Pleaseh4994 let me chooseh977 12,000h8147h6240h505 menh376 that I may ariseh6965 and pursueh7291 Davidh1732 tonighth3915.

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aI will comeh935 upon him while he is wearyh3023 and  1exhaustedh7504bh3027 and terrifyh2729 him, so that allh3605 the peopleh5971a whoh834 are with him will fleeh5127. Then  bI will strikeh5221 downh5221 the kingh4428 aloneh905,

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and I will bringh7725 backh7725 allh3605 the peopleh5971a to you.  1The returnh7725 of everyoneh3605 depends on the manh376 you seekh1245; then allh3605 the peopleh5971a will be at  apeaceh7965."

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So the  1planh1697 pleasedh5869h3474 Absalomh53 and allh3605 the eldersh2205 of Israelh3478.

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Then Absalomh53 saidh559, "Nowh4994 callh7121  aHushaih2365 the Architeh757 alsoh1571, and let us hearh8085 whath4100  1he has to sayh6310."

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Whenh3512c Hushaih2365 had comeh935 to Absalomh53, Absalomh53 saidh559 to  1him, "Ahithophelh302 has spokenh1696  2thush1697h2088. Shall we  3carryh6213a out his planh1697? Ifh518 not, you speakh1696."

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So Hushaih2365 saidh559 to Absalomh53, " aThish2088 timeh6471 the adviceh6098 that Ahithophelh302 has  1givenh3289 is not goodh2896a."

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Moreover, Hushaih2365 saidh559, "You knowh3045 your fatherh1 and his menh376, that they are mightyh1368 menh1368 and they are  1fierceh4751h5315,  alike a bearh1677 robbedh7909b of her cubsh7909b in the fieldh7704. And your fatherh1 is an  2experth376 in warfareh4421, and will not spendh3885a the nighth3885a with the peopleh5971a.

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"Beholdh2009, he has nowh6258 hiddenh2244 himselfh1931 in oneh259 of the  1cavesh6354 orh176 in anotherh259 placeh4725; and it will be  2whenh3512c he fallsh5307 on them at the firsth8462 attack, that whoever hearsh8085 it will sayh559, `There has beenh1961 a slaughterh4046 among the peopleh5971a whoh834 followh310 Absalomh53.'

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"And evenh1571 the oneh1121 who is valianth1121h2428, whoseh834 hearth3820 is like the hearth3820 of a lionh743b,  awill completelyh4549  1loseh4549 hearth4549; for allh3605 Israelh3478 knowsh3045 that your fatherh1 is a mightyh1368 manh1121 and those whoh834 are with him are valianth2428 menh1121.

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"But I counselh3289 that allh3605 Israelh3478 be surelyh622 gatheredh622 to you,  afrom Danh1835 even to Beershebah884,  bas the sandh2344 that is by the seah3220 in abundanceh7230, and that  1you personallyh6440 goh1980 into battleh7128.

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"So we shall comeh935 to him in oneh259 of the placesh4725 whereh834h8033 he can be foundh4672, and we will  1fallh5307 on him  aas the dewh2919 fallsh5307 on the groundh127; and of him and of allh3605 the menh376 whoh834 are with him, not evenh1571 oneh259 will be lefth3498.

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"Ifh518 he withdrawsh622 into a cityh5892b, then allh3605 Israelh3478 shall bringh5375 ropesh2256a to that cityh5892b, and we will  adragh5498 it into the  1valleyh5158a untilh5704h834 not evenh1571 a smallh6872b stoneh6872b is foundh4672 thereh8033."

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Then Absalomh53 and allh3605 the menh376 of Israelh3478 saidh559, "The counselh6098 of Hushaih2365 the Architeh757 is betterh2896a thanh4480 the counselh6098 of Ahithophelh302." For  athe LORDh3068 had ordainedh6680 to thwarth6565a the goodh2896a counselh6098 of Ahithophelh302, soh5668 that the LORDh3068 might bringh935 calamityh7463a on Absalomh53.

Hushai's Warning Saves David

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Then  aHushaih2365 saidh559 to Zadokh6659 and to Abiatharh54 the priestsh3548, " 1Thish2088 is whath2088 Ahithophelh302 counseledh3289 Absalomh53 and the eldersh2205 of Israelh3478, and  1thish2088 is whath2088 I have counseledh3289.

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"Nowh6258 therefore, sendh7971 quicklyh4120 and tellh5046 Davidh1732, sayingh559, ` aDo not spendh3885a the nighth3915 at the fordsh6160 of the wildernessh4057b, but by allh1571h5674 meansh5674a crossh5674a overh5674a, orh6435 elseh6435 the kingh4428 and allh3605 the peopleh5971a whoh834 are with him will be  1destroyedh1104.' "

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 aNow Jonathanh3083 and Ahimaazh290 were stayingh5975 at  bEn-rogelh5883, and a maidservanth8198 would goh1980 and tellh5046 them, and they would goh1980 and tellh5046 Kingh4428 Davidh1732, for they couldh3201 not be seenh7200 enteringh935 the cityh5892b.

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But a ladh5288 did seeh7200 them and toldh5046 Absalomh53; so the twoh8147 of them departedh1980 quicklyh4120 and cameh935 to the househ1004 of a manh376  ain Bahurimh980, who had a wellh875 in his courtyardh2691a, and they wenth3381 downh3381  1into it.

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And  athe womanh802  1tookh3947 a coveringh4539 and spreadh6566 it overh5921 the well'sh875 mouthh6440 and scatteredh7849 grainh7383 on it, so that nothingh3808h1697 was knownh3045.

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Then Absalom'sh53 servantsh5650 cameh935 to the womanh802 at the househ1004 and saidh559, "Whereh346 are Ahimaazh290 and Jonathanh3083?" And  athe womanh802 saidh559 to them, "They have crossedh5674a the brookh4323 of waterh4325." And whenh3512c they searchedh1245 and could not findh4672 them, they returnedh7725 to Jerusalemh3389.

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It cameh1961 about afterh310 they had departedh1980 that they cameh5927 up out of the wellh875 and wenth1980 and toldh5046 Kingh4428 Davidh1732; and they saidh559 to Davidh1732, " aAriseh6965 and crossh5674a overh5674a the waterh4325 quicklyh4120 for thush3602 Ahithophelh302 has counseledh3289 againsth5921 you."

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Then Davidh1732 and allh3605 the peopleh5971a whoh834 were with him aroseh6965 and crossedh5674a the Jordanh3383; and by  1dawnh216h1242 not evenh5704 oneh259 remainedh5737c whoh834 had not crossedh5674a the Jordanh3383.

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Now whenh3512c Ahithophelh302 sawh7200 that his counselh6098 was not  1followedh6213a, he  2saddledh2280 his donkeyh2543 and aroseh6965 and wenth1980 to his homeh1004, to  ahis cityh5892b, and  3 bseth6680 his househ1004 in orderh6680, and  cstrangledh2614 himself; thus he diedh4191 and was buriedh6912 in the graveh6913 of his fatherh1.

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Then Davidh1732 cameh935 to  aMahanaimh4266. And Absalomh53 crossedh5674a the Jordanh3383, he and allh3605 the menh376 of Israelh3478 with him.

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Absalomh53 seth7760  aAmasah6021 overh5921 the armyh6635 in placeh8478 of Joabh3097. Now Amasah6021 was the sonh1121 of a manh376 whose nameh8034 was  1Ithrah3501 the Israeliteh3481, whoh834 wenth935 in to Abigailh26 the daughterh1323 of  bNahashh5176, sisterh269 of Zeruiahh6870, Joab'sh3097 motherh517.

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And Israelh3478 and Absalomh53 campedh2583 in the landh776 of Gileadh1568.

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Now when Davidh1732 had comeh935 to Mahanaimh4266, Shobih7629  athe sonh1121 of Nahashh5176 from  bRabbahh7237 of the sonsh1121 of Ammonh5983,  cMachirh4353 the sonh1121 of Ammielh5988 from Lo-debarh3810, and  dBarzillaih1271 the Gileaditeh1569 from Rogelimh7274,

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broughth5066  abedsh4904, basinsh5592a, potteryh3627, wheath2406, barleyh8184, flourh7058, parchedh7039 grain, beansh6321, lentilsh5742, parchedh7039 seeds,

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honeyh1706, curdsh2529, sheeph6629, and cheeseh8194 of the herdh1241, for Davidh1732 and for the peopleh5971a whoh834 were with him,  ato eath398; for they saidh559, "The peopleh5971a are hungryh7457 and wearyh5889 and thirstyh6771 in the wildernessh4057b."



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