<vn='1'>Moreover <sn="302">Ahithophel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>, Let me <sn="4994">now</s> choose <sn="977">out</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>, and I will <sn="6965">arise</s> and <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s> this <sn="3915">night</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>And I will <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him while <sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="3023">weary</s> and <sn="7504">weak</s><sn="3027">handed</s>, and will make him <sn="2729 *853">afraid</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="854">with</s> him shall <sn="5127">flee</s>; and I will <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="905">only</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>And I will bring <sn="7725">back</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: the <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">whom</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="1245">seekest</s> is as if <sn="3605">all</s><sn="7725">returned</s>: so <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="1697">saying</s><sn="3474">pleased</s><sn="53">Absalom</s><sn="5869">well</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>, <sn="7121">Call</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="2365">Hushai</s> the <sn="757">Archite</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and let us <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="1571">likewise</s><sn="4100">what</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="6310">saith</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And when <sn="2365">Hushai</s> was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>, <sn="53">Absalom</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="302">Ahithophel</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> after <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">manner</s>: shall we <sn="6213">do</s> after <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">saying</s>? <sn="518">if</s><sn="369">not</s>; <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="859">thou</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="2365">Hushai</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>, The <sn="6098">counsel</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="302">Ahithophel</s> hath <sn="3289">given</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s> at <sn="2063">this</s><sn="6471">time</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>For, <sn="559">said</s><sn="2365">Hushai</s>, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1">father</s> and his <sn="376">men</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="1992">they</s> be mighty <sn="1368">men</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s> be <sn="4751">chafed</s> in their <sn="5315">minds</s>, as a <sn="1677">bear</s> robbed of her <sn="7909">whelps</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>: and thy <sn="1">father</s> is a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, and will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3885">lodge</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="2244">hid</s><sn="6258">now</s> in <sn="259">some</s><sn="6354">pit</s>, <sn="176">or</s> in <sn="259">some</s> other <sn="4725">place</s>: and it will come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when some of them be <sn="5307">overthrown</s> at the <sn="8462">first</s>, that whosoever <sn="8085 8085">heareth</s> it will <sn="559">say</s>, There <sn="1961">is</s> a <sn="4046">slaughter</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="310">follow</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s> that is <sn="1121 2428">valiant</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="3820">heart</s> is as the <sn="3820">heart</s> of a <sn="738">lion</s>, shall utterly <sn="4549 4549">melt</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="3588">that</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> is a mighty <sn="1368">man</s>, and they <sn="834">which</s> be <sn="854">with</s> him are <sn="2428">valiant</s><sn="1121">men</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">Therefore</s> I <sn="3289">counsel</s> that <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> be <sn="622">generally</s><sn="622">gathered</s><sn="5921">unto</s> thee, from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba, as the <sn="2344">sand</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s> for <sn="7230">multitude</s>; and that thou <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="7128">battle</s> in thine own <sn="6440">person</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>So shall we <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">upon</s> him in <sn="259">some</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> he shall be <sn="4672">found</s>, and we will <sn="5117">light</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="2919">dew</s><sn="5307">falleth</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="127">ground</s>: and of him and of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="854">with</s> him there shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3498">left</s> so <sn="1571">much</s> as <sn="259">one</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Moreover, <sn="518">if</s> he be <sn="622">gotten</s><sn="413">into</s> a <sn="5892">city</s>, then shall <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5375">bring</s><sn="2256">ropes</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and we will <sn="5498">draw</s> it <sn="5704">into</s> the <sn="5158">river</s>, <sn="5704 834">until</s> there be <sn="3808">not</s> one <sn="1571">small</s><sn="6872">stone</s><sn="4672">found</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="53">Absalom</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="6098">counsel</s> of <sn="2365">Hushai</s> the <sn="757">Archite</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than the <sn="4480 6098">counsel</s> of <sn="302">Ahithophel</s>. For the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">appointed</s> to <sn="6565">defeat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="6098">counsel</s> of <sn="302">Ahithophel</s>, to the <sn="5668">intent</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> might <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="2365">Hushai</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6659">Zadok</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="2063">Thus</s> and <sn="2063">thus</s> did <sn="302">Ahithophel</s><sn="3289">counsel</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="53">Absalom</s> and the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="2063">thus</s> and <sn="2063">thus</s> have <sn="589">I</s><sn="3289">counseled</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="7971">send</s><sn="4120">quickly</s>, and <sn="5046">tell</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3885">Lodge</s><sn="408">not</s> this <sn="3915">night</s> in the <sn="6160">plains</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, <sn="1571">but</s><sn="5674">speedily</s> pass <sn="5674">over</s>; <sn="6435">lest</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> be swallowed <sn="1104">up</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="854">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>Now <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> and <sn="290">Ahimaaz</s><sn="5975">stayed</s> by <sn="5883">En</s> -rogel; <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="3201">might</s><sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="7200">seen</s> to <sn="935">come</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>: and a <sn="8198">wench</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="5046">told</s> them; and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Nevertheless a <sn="5288">lad</s><sn="7200">saw</s> them, and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="53">Absalom</s>: but they <sn="1980">went</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them away <sn="4120">quickly</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> a <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> in <sn="980">Bahurim</s>, which had a <sn="875">well</s> in his <sn="2691">court</s>; <sn="8033">whither</s> they went <sn="3381">down</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="3947">took</s> and <sn="6566">spread</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="4539">covering</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="875">well</s> 's <sn="6440">mouth</s>, and <sn="7849">spread</s> ground <sn="7383">corn</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>; and the <sn="1697">thing</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And when <sn="53">Absalom</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="802">woman</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s>, they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="346">Where</s> is <sn="290">Ahimaaz</s> and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>? And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, They be gone <sn="5674">over</s> the <sn="4323">brook</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>. And when they had <sn="1245">sought</s> and could <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">find</s> them, they <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="310">after</s> they were <sn="1980">departed</s>, that they came <sn="5927">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 875">well</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, and pass quickly <sn="5674 4120">over</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4325">water</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3602">thus</s> hath <sn="302">Ahithophel</s><sn="3289">counseled</s><sn="5921">against</s> you. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, and they passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>: <sn="5704">by</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="216">light</s> there <sn="5737">lacked</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="259">one</s> of them <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="3808">not</s> gone <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And when <sn="302">Ahithophel</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> his <sn="6098">counsel</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">followed</s>, he <sn="2280">saddled</s> his <sn="*853"></s><sn="2543">ass</s>, and <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">got</s> him home <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="6680 413">put</s> his <sn="1004">household</s> in order, and hanged <sn="2614">himself</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4266">Mahanaim</s>. And <sn="53">Absalom</s> passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="53">Absalom</s><sn="7760">made</s><sn="6021">Amasa</s><sn="5921">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s><sn="8478">instead</s> of <sn="3097">Joab</s>: which <sn="6021">Amasa</s> was a <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="3501">Ithra</s> an <sn="3481">Israelite</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="935">went</s> in <sn="413">to</s><sn="26">Abigail</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="5176">Nahash</s>, <sn="269">sister</s> to <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s><sn="3097">Joab</s> 's <sn="517">mother</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>So <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="53">Absalom</s><sn="2583">pitched</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="4266">Mahanaim</s>, that <sn="7629">Shobi</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5176">Nahash</s> of <sn="4480 7237">Rabbah</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and <sn="4353">Machir</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5988">Ammiel</s> of <sn="4480 3810">Lo</s> -debar, and <sn="1271">Barzillai</s> the <sn="1569">Gileadite</s> of <sn="4480 7274">Rogelim</s>, </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5066">Brought</s><sn="4904">beds</s>, and <sn="5592">basins</s>, and <sn="3335">earthen</s><sn="3627">vessels</s>, and <sn="2406">wheat</s>, and <sn="8184">barley</s>, and <sn="7058">flour</s>, and <sn="7039">parched</s> corn, and <sn="6321">beans</s>, and <sn="5742">lentils</s>, and <sn="7039">parched</s> pulse, </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="1706">honey</s>, and <sn="2529">butter</s>, and <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and <sn="8194">cheese</s> of <sn="1241">kine</s>, for <sn="1732">David</s>, and for the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, to <sn="398">eat</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="5971">people</s> is <sn="7457">hungry</s>, and <sn="5889">weary</s>, and <sn="6771">thirsty</s>, in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>