Moreover AhithophelsaiduntoAbsalom, Let me nowchoose outtwelvethousandmen, and I will ariseand pursueafterDavidthis night: And I will comeuponhim while he is wearyand weakhanded, and will make him afraid: and allthe peoplethat are withhim shall flee; and I will smitethe kingonly: And I will bring backallthe peopleuntothee: the manwhomthouseekest is as if allreturned: so allthe peopleshall bein peace. And the sayingpleasedAbsalomwell, and allthe eldersof Israel. Then saidAbsalom, CallnowHushaithe Architealso, and let us hearlikewisewhathesaith. And when Hushaiwas cometoAbsalom, Absalomspokeuntohim, saying, Ahithophelhath spokenafter thismanner: shall we do after his saying? ifnot; speakthou. And HushaisaiduntoAbsalom, The counselthatAhithophelhath given is notgoodat thistime. For, saidHushai, thouknowestthy fatherand his men, thatthey be mighty men, and they be chafedin their minds, as a bearrobbed of her whelpsin the field: and thy father is a manof war, and will notlodgewiththe people. Behold, heis hidnowin somepit, orin some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrownat the first, that whosoever hearethit will say, There isa slaughteramong the peoplethatfollowAbsalom. And healso that is valiant, whoseheart is as the heartof a lion, shall utterly melt: forallIsraelknoweththatthy father is a mighty man, and they which be withhim are valiantmen. ThereforeI counselthat allIsraelbe generallygathereduntothee, from Daneven toBeer-sheba, as the sandthat is bythe seafor multitude; and that thou goto battlein thine own person. So shall we comeuponhim in someplacewherehe shall be found, and we will lightuponhim asthe dewfallethonthe ground: and of him and of allthe menthat are withhim there shall notbe leftso muchas one. Moreover, ifhe be gottenintoa city, then shall allIsraelbringropestothatcity, and we will drawit intothe river, untilthere be notone smallstonefoundthere. And Absalomand allthe menof Israelsaid, The counselof Hushaithe Archite is betterthan the counselof Ahithophel. For the LORDhad appointedto defeatthe goodcounselof Ahithophel, to the intentthat the LORDmight bringeviluponAbsalom. Then saidHushaiuntoZadokand toAbiatharthe priests, Thusand thusdid AhithophelcounselAbsalomand the eldersof Israel; and thusand thushave Icounseled. Nowtherefore sendquickly, and tellDavid, saying, Lodgenotthis nightin the plainsof the wilderness, butspeedilypass over; lestthe kingbe swallowed up, and allthe peoplethat are withhim. Now Jonathanand Ahimaazstayedby En-rogel; forthey mightnotbe seento comeinto the city: and a wenchwentand toldthem; and theywentand toldkingDavid. Nevertheless a ladsawthem, and toldAbsalom: but they wentbothof them away quickly, and cametoa man's housein Bahurim, which had a wellin his court; whitherthey went down. And the womantookand spreada coveringoverthe well's mouth, and spreadground cornthereon; and the thingwas notknown. And when Absalom's servantscametothe womanto the house, they said, Where is Ahimaazand Jonathan? And the womansaidunto them, They be gone overthe brookof water. And when they had soughtand could notfind them , they returnedto Jerusalem. And it came to pass, afterthey were departed, that they came upout of the well, and wentand toldkingDavid, and saiduntoDavid, Arise, and pass quickly overthe water: forthushath Ahithophelcounseledagainstyou. Then Davidarose, and allthe peoplethat were withhim, and they passed overJordan: bythe morninglightthere lackednotoneof them thatwas notgone overJordan. And when Ahithophelsawthathis counselwas notfollowed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gothim home tohis house, tohis city, and puthis householdin order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buriedin the sepulcherof his father. Then Davidcameto Mahanaim. And Absalompassed overJordan, heand allthe menof Israelwithhim. And AbsalommadeAmasacaptainof the hostinsteadof Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithraan Israelite, thatwentin toAbigailthe daughterof Nahash, sisterto ZeruiahJoab's mother. So Israeland Absalompitchedin the landof Gilead. And it came to pass, when Davidwas cometo Mahanaim, that Shobithe sonof Nahashof Rabbahof the childrenof Ammon, and Machirthe sonof Ammielof Lo-debar, and Barzillaithe Gileaditeof Rogelim, Broughtbeds, and basins, and earthenvessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn , and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse , And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeseof kine, for David, and for the peoplethat were withhim, to eat: forthey said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.