2 Samuel 17:1-21 STRONG

Moreover Ahithophel ^H302 said ^H559 unto Absalom, ^H53 Let me now choose out ^H977 twelve ^{H8147 H6240} thousand ^H505 men, ^H376 and I will arise ^H6965 and pursue ^H7291 after ^H310 David ^H1732 this night: ^H3915 And I will come ^H935 upon him while he is weary ^H3023 and weak ^H7504 handed, ^H3027 and will make him afraid: ^H2729 and all the people ^H5971 that are with him shall flee; ^H5127 and I will smite ^H5221 the king ^H4428 only: And I will bring back ^H7725 all the people ^H5971 unto thee: the man ^H376 whom thou seekest ^H1245 is as if all returned: ^H7725 so all the people ^H5971 shall be in peace. ^H7965 And the saying ^H1697 pleased ^H3474 Absalom ^H53 well, ^H5869 and all the elders ^H2205 of Israel. ^H3478 Then said ^H559 Absalom, ^H53 Call ^H7121 now Hushai ^H2365 the Archite ^H757 also, and let us hear ^H8085 likewise what he saith. ^H6310 And when Hushai ^H2365 was come ^H935 to Absalom, ^H53 Absalom ^H53 spake ^H559 unto him, saying, ^H559 Ahithophel ^H302 hath spoken ^H1696 after this manner: ^H1697 shall we do ^H6213 after his saying? ^H1697 if not; speak ^H1696 thou. And Hushai ^H2365 said ^H559 unto Absalom, ^H53 The counsel ^H6098 that Ahithophel ^H302 hath given ^H3289 is not good ^H2896 at this time. ^H6471 For, said ^H559 Hushai, ^H2365 thou knowest ^H3045 thy father ^H1 and his men, ^H582 that they be mighty men, ^H1368 and they be chafed ^H4751 in their minds, ^H5315 as a bear ^H1677 robbed ^H7909 of her whelps in the field: ^H7704 and thy father ^H1 is a man ^H376 of war, ^H4421 and will not lodge ^H3885 with the people. ^H5971 Behold, he is hid ^H2244 now in some ^H259 pit, ^H6354 or in some ^H259 other place: ^H4725 and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown ^H5307 at the first, ^H8462 that whosoever ^H8085 heareth ^H8085 it will say, ^H559 There is a slaughter ^H4046 among the people ^H5971 that follow ^H310 Absalom. ^H53 And he also that is valiant, ^{H1121 H2428} whose heart ^H3820 is as the heart ^H3820 of a lion, ^H738 shall utterly ^H4549 melt: ^H4549 for all Israel ^H3478 knoweth ^H3045 that thy father ^H1 is a mighty man, ^H1368 and they which be with him are valiant ^H2428 men. ^H1121 Therefore I counsel ^H3289 that all Israel ^H3478 be generally ^H622 gathered ^H622 unto thee, from Dan ^H1835 even to Beersheba, ^H884 as the sand ^H2344 that is by the sea ^H3220 for multitude; ^H7230 and that thou go ^H1980 to battle ^H7128 in thine own person. ^H6440 So shall we come ^H935 upon him in some ^H259 place ^H4725 where he shall be found, ^H4672 and we will light ^H5168 upon him as the dew ^H2919 falleth ^H5307 on the ground: ^H127 and of him and of all the men ^H582 that are with him there shall not be left ^H3498 so much as ^H1571 one. ^H259 Moreover, if ^H518 he be gotten ^H622 into a city, ^H5892 then shall all Israel ^H3478 bring ^H5375 ropes ^H2256 to that city, ^H5892 and we will draw ^H5498 it into the river, ^H5158 until there be not one ^H1571 small stone ^H6872 found ^H4672 there. And Absalom ^H53 and all the men ^H376 of Israel ^H3478 said, ^H559 The counsel ^H6098 of Hushai ^H2365 the Archite ^H757 is better ^H2896 than the counsel ^H6098 of Ahithophel. ^H302 For the LORD ^H3068 had appointed ^H6680 to defeat ^H6565 the good ^H2896 counsel ^H6098 of Ahithophel, ^H302 to the intent ^H5668 that the LORD ^H3068 might bring ^H935 evil ^H7451 upon Absalom. ^H53 Then said ^H559 Hushai ^H2365 unto Zadok ^H6659 and to Abiathar ^H54 the priests, ^H3548 Thus and thus did Ahithophel ^H302 counsel ^H3289 Absalom ^H53 and the elders ^H2205 of Israel; ^H3478 and thus and thus have I counselled. ^H3289 Now therefore send ^H7971 quickly, ^H4120 and tell ^H5046 David, ^H1732 saying, ^H559 Lodge ^H3885 not this night ^H3915 in the plains ^{H6160 H5679} of the wilderness, ^H4057 but speedily ^H5674 pass over; ^H5674 lest the king ^H4428 be swallowed up, ^H1104 and all the people ^H5971 that are with him. Now Jonathan ^H3083 and Ahimaaz ^H290 stayed ^H5975 by Enrogel; ^H5883 for they might ^H3201 not be seen ^H7200 to come ^H935 into the city: ^H5892 and a wench ^H8198 went ^H1980 and told ^H5046 them; and they went ^H3212 and told ^H5046 king ^H4428 David. ^H1732 Nevertheless a lad ^H5288 saw ^H7200 them, and told ^H5046 Absalom: ^H53 but they went ^H3212 both ^H8147 of them away quickly, ^H4120 and came ^H935 to a man's ^H376 house ^H1004 in Bahurim, ^H980 which had a well ^H875 in his court; ^H2691 whither ^H8033 they went down. ^H3381 And the woman ^H802 took ^H3947 and spread ^H6566 a covering ^H4539 over the well's ^H875 mouth, ^H6440 and spread ^H7849 ground corn ^H7383 thereon; and the thing ^H1697 was not known. ^H3045 And when Absalom's ^H53 servants ^H5650 came ^H935 to the woman ^H802 to the house, ^H1004 they said, ^H559 Where is Ahimaaz ^H290 and Jonathan? ^H3083 And the woman ^H802 said ^H559 unto them, They be gone over ^H5674 the brook ^H4323 of water. ^H4325 And when they had sought ^H1245 and could not find ^H4672 them, they returned ^H7725 to Jerusalem. ^H3389 And it came to pass, after ^H310 they were departed, ^H3212 that they came up ^H5927 out of the well, ^H875 and went ^H3212 and told ^H5046 king ^H4428 David, ^H1732 and said ^H559 unto David, ^H1732 Arise, ^H6965 and pass quickly ^H4120 over ^H5674 the water: ^H4325 for thus hath Ahithophel ^H302 counselled ^H3289 against you.