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2 Samuel 17 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Hushai's Counsel

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2Sa 17:1 - 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

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2Sa 17:2 - 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:

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2Sa 17:3 - 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

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2Sa 17:4 - And the saying^H1697 pleased^H3474 Absalom^H53 well,^H5869 and all the elders^H2205 of Israel.^H3478

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2Sa 17:5 - Then said^H559 Absalom,^H53 Call^H7121 now Hushai^H2365 the Archite^H757 also, and let us hear^H8085 likewise what he saith.^H6310

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2Sa 17:6 - 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.

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2Sa 17:7 - 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

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2Sa 17:8 - 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

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2Sa 17:9 - 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

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2Sa 17:10 - 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

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2Sa 17:11 - 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

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2Sa 17:12 - 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

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2Sa 17:13 - 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.

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2Sa 17:14 - 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

Hushai's Warning Saves David

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2Sa 17:15 - 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

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2Sa 17:16 - 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.

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2Sa 17:17 - 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

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2Sa 17:18 - 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

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2Sa 17:19 - 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

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2Sa 17:20 - 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

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2Sa 17:21 - 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.

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2Sa 17:22 - Then David^H1732 arose,^H6965 and all the people^H5971 that were with him, and they passed over^H5674 Jordan:^H3383 by the morning^H1242 light^H216 there lacked^H5737 not one^H259 of them that was not gone over^H5674 Jordan.^H3383

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2Sa 17:23 - And when Ahithophel^H302 saw^H7200 that his counsel^H6098 was not followed,^H6213 he saddled^H2280 his ass,^H2543 and arose,^H6965 and gat him home^H3212 to his house,^H1004 to his city,^H5892 and put his household^H1004 in order,^H6680 and hanged^H2614 himself, and died,^H4191 and was buried^H6912 in the sepulchre^H6913 of his father.^H1

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2Sa 17:24 - Then David^H1732 came^H935 to Mahanaim.^H4266 And Absalom^H53 passed over^H5674 Jordan,^H3383 he and all the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 with him.

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2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom^H53 made^H7760 Amasa^H6021 captain of the host^H6635 instead of Joab:^H3097 which Amasa^H6021 was a man's^H376 son,^H1121 whose name^H8034 was Ithra^H3501 an Israelite,^H3481 that went in^H935 to Abigail^H26 the daughter^H1323 of Nahash,^H5176 sister^H269 to Zeruiah^H6870 Joab's^H3097 mother.^H517

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2Sa 17:26 - So Israel^H3478 and Absalom^H53 pitched^H2583 in the land^H776 of Gilead.^H1568

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2Sa 17:27 - And it came to pass, when David^H1732 was come^H935 to Mahanaim,^H4266 that Shobi^H7629 the son^H1121 of Nahash^H5176 of Rabbah^H7237 of the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 and Machir^H4353 the son^H1121 of Ammiel^H5988 of Lodebar,^H3810 and Barzillai^H1271 the Gileadite^H1569 of Rogelim,^H7274

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2Sa 17:28 - Brought^H5066 beds,^H4904 and basons,^H5592 and earthen^H3335 vessels,^H3627 and wheat,^H2406 and barley,^H8184 and flour,^H7058 and parched^H7039 corn, and beans,^H6321 and lentiles,^H5742 and parched^H7039 pulse,

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2Sa 17:29 - And honey,^H1706 and butter,^H2529 and sheep,^H6629 and cheese^H8194 of kine,^H1241 for David,^H1732 and for the people^H5971 that were with him, to eat:^H398 for they said,^H559 The people^H5971 is hungry,^H7457 and weary,^H5889 and thirsty,^H6771 in the wilderness.^H4057

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