2 Samuel 15:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ But Absalom sent agents throughout all of the tribes of Israel, telling them, “When you hear the sound of the battle trumpet, you’re to announce that Absalom is king in Hebron.” ¹¹ Meanwhile, 200 men left Jerusalem with Absalom. They had been invited to go along, but were innocent, not knowing anything about what was happening.^{[a] 12} Absalom also sent for Ahithophel^[b] the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come^[c] from his home town of Giloh while Absalom^[d] was presenting the sacrificial offerings. And so the conspiracy widened, because the common people increasingly sided with Absalom.