2 Samuel 17:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,^[a] and all the people will be at peace.” ⁴ And the advice pleased Ab′salom and all the elders of Israel.

The Counsel of Hushai

⁵ Then Ab′salom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”