Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise [a]what he saith.

So when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath [b]spoken thus: shall we do after his saying, or no? tell thou.

Hushai then answered unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, is not [c]good at this time.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:5 Hebrew, what is in his mouth.
  2. 2 Samuel 17:6 Or, given such counsel.
  3. 2 Samuel 17:7 Hushai showeth himself faithful to David, in that he reproveth this wicked counsel and purpose.

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