2 Samuel 15:31-37

Modern English Version

³¹ Now it was reported to David that Ahithophel was conspiring with Absalom, and David said, “O Lord, make the advice of Ahithophel folly.”

³² When David came to the summit where he would worship God, Hushai the Arkite approached him with his coat torn and dirt on his head. ³³ David said to him, “If you pass on with me, you will be a burden to me. ³⁴ But if you return to the city, you may say to Absalom, ‘I am your servant, O king, as I was a servant of your father. As I was then, so now I am your servant,’ so as to counter the advice of Ahithophel. ³⁵ Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? You shall report everything that you hear from the king’s house to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ³⁶ Their two sons Ahimaaz the son of Zadok and Jonathan the son of Abiathar will be there with them. You shall send word of everything that you hear to me by their hand.”

³⁷ So Hushai, the friend of David, came to the city as Absalom entered Jerusalem.