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|2 Samuel 17:1| Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.
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|2 Samuel 17:2| I will attack him while he is weak and weary, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king
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|2 Samuel 17:3| and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re seeking, all 1 the people will be at peace.”
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|2 Samuel 17:4| This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
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|2 Samuel 17:5| Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite also. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”
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|2 Samuel 17:6| So Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom told him: “Ahithophel offered this proposal. Should we carry out his proposal? If not, what do you say?”
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|2 Samuel 17:7| Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
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|2 Samuel 17:8| Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.
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|2 Samuel 17:9| He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves 2 or some other place. If some of our troops fall 3 first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
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|2 Samuel 17:10| Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion a will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.
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