2 Samuel 17:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ since he's the one you want to get rid of. Then I'll bring the whole nation back to you like a bride coming home to her husband.^[a] This way there won't be a civil war.

Hushai Fools Absalom

⁴ Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan. ⁵ Then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say.”