2 Samuel 17:13-15
Legacy Standard Bible
13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel shall carry ropes to that city, and we will (A)drag it into the [a]valley until not even a small stone is found there.” 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For (B)Yahweh had [b]ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that Yahweh might bring calamity on Absalom.
Hushai Informs David
15 Then (C)Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “[c]This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and [d]this is what I have counseled.
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- 2 Samuel 17:13 Or wadi
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Lit commanded
- 2 Samuel 17:15 Lit Thus and thus
- 2 Samuel 17:15 Lit Thus and thus
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