²⁵ And the children of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest ^[a]angry men fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household!”

⁸ For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like ^(A)a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.

⁶ Now David was greatly distressed, for ^(A)the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was ^[a]grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. ^(B)But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.