V.1 Moreover Ahithophel 302 said 559-4 unto Absalom, 53 Let me now choose 977-4 out twelve 8147 6240 thousand 505 men, 376 and I will arise 6965-4 and pursue 7291-4 after 310 David 1732 this night: 3915

17:2 And I will come 935-4 upon him while he [is] weary 3023 and weak 7504 handed, 3027 and will make him afraid: 2729-52 and all the people 5971 that [are] with him shall flee; 5127- 1 and I will smite 5221-52 the king 4428 only:

17:3 And I will bring back 7725-55 all the people 5971 unto thee: the man 376 whom thou seekest 1245-18 [is] as if all returned: 7725-2 [so] all the people 5971 shall be in peace. 7965

17:4 And the saying 1697 pleased 3474-4 5869 Absalom 53 well, and 5869 all the elders 2205 of Israel. 3478

17:5 Then said 559-4 Absalom, 53 Call 7121-3 now Hushai 2365 the Archite 757 also, and let us hear 8085-4 likewise what he saith. 6310

17:6 And when Hushai 2365 was come 935-4 to Absalom, 53 Absalom 53 spake 559-4 unto him, saying, 559-2 Ahithophel 302 hath spoken 1696-14 after this manner: 1697 shall we do 6213- 4 [after] his saying? 1697 if not; speak 1696-16 thou.

17:7 And Hushai 2365 said 559-4 unto Absalom, 53 The counsel 6098 that Ahithophel 302 hath given 3289-1 [is] not good 2896 at this time. 6471

17:8 For, said 559-4 Hushai, 2365 thou knowest 3045-1 thy father 1 and his men, 582 that they [be] mighty men, 1368 and they [be] chafed 4751 in their minds, 5315 as a bear 1677 robbed 7909 of her whelps in the field: 7704 and thy father 1 [is] a man 376 of war, 4421 and will not lodge 3885-4 with the people. 5971

17:9 Behold, he is hid 2244-12 now in some 259 pit, 6354 or in some 259 [other] place: 4725 and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown 5307-2 at the first, 8462 that whosoever 8085-6 heareth 8085-1 it will say, 559-1 There is a slaughter 4046 among the people 5971 that follow 310 Absalom. 53

17:10 And he also [that is] valiant, 1121 2428 whose heart 3820 [is] as the heart 3820 of a lion, 738 shall utterly 4549-9 melt: 4549-11 for all Israel 3478 knoweth 3045-6 that thy father 1 [is] a mighty man, 1368 and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant 2428 men. 1121

17:11 Therefore I counsel 3289-1 that all Israel 3478 be generally 622-9 gathered 622-11 unto thee, from Dan 1835 even to Beersheba, 884 as the sand 2344 that [is] by the sea 3220 for multitude; 7230 and that thou go 1980-6 to battle 7128 in thine own person. 6440

17:12 So shall we come 935-1 upon him in some 259 place 4725 where he shall be found, 4672-8 and we 5168 will light upon him as the dew 2919 falleth 5307-4 on the ground: 127 and of him and of all the men 582 that [are] with him there shall not be left 3498-8 so much as 1571 one. 259

17:13 Moreover, if 518 he be gotten 622-11 into a city, 5892 then shall all Israel 3478 bring 5375-52 ropes 2256 to that city, 5892 and we will draw 5498-1 it into the river, 5158 until there be not one 1571 small stone 6872 found 4672-8 there.

17:14 And Absalom 53 and all the men 376 of Israel 3478 said, 559-4 The counsel 6098 of Hushai 2365 the Archite 757 [is] better 2896 than the counsel 6098 of Ahithophel. 302 For the LORD 3068 had appointed 6680-14 to defeat 6565-53 the good 2896 counsel 6098 of Ahithophel, 302 to the intent that 5668 the LORD 3068 might bring 935-53 evil 7451 upon Absalom. 53

17:15 Then said 559-4 Hushai 2365 unto Zadok 6659 and to Abiathar 54 the priests, 3548 Thus and thus did Ahithophel 302 counsel 3289-1 Absalom 53 and the elders 2205 of Israel; 3478 and thus and thus have I counselled. 3289-1

17:16 Now therefore send 7971-3 quickly, 4120 and tell 5046- 54 David, 1732 saying, 559-2 Lodge 3885-4 not this night 3915 in the plains 6160|5679-k of the wilderness, 4057 but speedily 5674-2 pass over; 5674-4 lest the king 4428 be swallowed up, 1104-29 and all the people 5971 that [are] with him.

17:17 Now Jonathan 3083 and Ahimaaz 290 stayed 5975-6 by Enrogel; 5883 for they might 3201-4 not be seen 7200-9 to come 935-2 into the city: 5892 and a wench 8198 went 1980-1 and told 5046-52 them; and they went 3212-4 and told 5046-52 king 4428 David. 1732

17:18 Nevertheless a lad 5288 saw 7200-4 them, and told 5046- 55 Absalom: 53 but they went 3212-4 both 8147 of them away quickly, 4120 and came 935-4 to a man's 376 house 1004 in Bahurim, 980 which had a well 875 in his court; 2691 whither 8033 they went down. 3381-4

17:19 And the woman 802 took 3947-4 and spread 6566-4 a covering 4539 over the well's 875 mouth, 6440 and spread 7849-4 ground corn 7383 thereon; and the thing 1697 was not known. 3045-8

17:20 And when Absalom's 53 servants 5650 came 935-4 to the woman 802 to the house, 1004 they said, 559-4 Where [is] Ahimaaz 290 and Jonathan? 3083 And the woman 802 said 559-4 unto them, They be gone over 5674-1 the brook 4323 of water. 4325 And when they had sought 1245-17 and could not find 4672-1 [them], they returned 7725-4 to Jerusalem. 3389

17:21 And it came to pass, after 310 they were departed, 3212-2 that they came up 5927-4 out of the well, 875 and went 3212-4 and told 5046-55 king 4428 David, 1732 and said 559-4 unto David, 1732 Arise, 6965-3 and pass quickly 4120 over 5674-3 the water: 4325 for thus hath Ahithophel 302 counselled 3289-1 against you.

17:22 Then David 1732 arose, 6965-4 and all the people 5971 that [were] with him, and they passed over 5674-4 Jordan: 3383 by the morning 1242 light 216 there lacked 5737-8 not one 259 of them that was not gone over 5674-1 Jordan. 3383

17:23 And when Ahithophel 302 saw 7200-1 that his counsel 6098 was not followed, 6213-8 he saddled 2280-4 [his] ass, 2543 and arose, 6965-4 and gat 3212-4 him home to his house, 1004 to his city, 5892 and put his household 1004 in order, 6680-17 and hanged 2614-11 himself, and died, 4191-4 and was buried 6912-11 in the sepulchre 6913 of his father. 1

17:24 Then David 1732 came 935-1 to Mahanaim. 4266 And Absalom 53 passed over 5674-1 Jordan, 3383 he and all the men 376 of Israel 3478 with him.

17:25 And Absalom 53 made 7760-1 Amasa 6021 captain of the host 6635 instead of Joab: 3097 which Amasa 6021 [was] a man's 376 son, 1121 whose name 8034 [was] Ithra 3501 an Israelite, 3481 that went in 935-1 to Abigail 26 the daughter 1323 of Nahash, 5176 sister 269 to Zeruiah 6870 Joab's 3097 mother. 517

17:26 So Israel 3478 and Absalom 53 pitched 2583-4 in the land 776 of Gilead. 1568

17:27 And it came to pass, when David 1732 was come 935-2 to Mahanaim, 4266 that Shobi 7629 the son 1121 of Nahash 5176 of Rabbah 7237 of the children 1121 of Ammon, 5983 and Machir 4353 the son 1121 of Ammiel 5988 of Lodebar, 3810 and Barzillai 1271 the Gileadite 1569 of Rogelim, 7274

17:28 Brought 5066-52 beds, 4904 and basons, 5592 and earthen 3335-6 vessels, 3627 and wheat, 2406 and barley, 8184 and flour, 7058 and parched 7039 [corn], and beans, 6321 and lentiles, 5742 and parched 7039 [pulse],