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Hushai Frustrates the Counsel of Ahithophel

17 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David tonight.[a] I will come upon him while he is weary and weak.[b] I will startle him, and all of the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king while he is alone.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:1 Literally “the night”
  2. 2 Samuel 17:2 Literally “slack of hands”