2 Samuel 17:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² while he is tired and discouraged. He will panic, and everyone with him will run away. I won't kill anyone except David, ³ since he's the one you want to get rid of. Then I'll bring the whole nation back to you like a bride coming home to her husband.^[a] This way there won't be a civil war.

Hushai Fools Absalom

⁴ Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan.