Hushai then answered unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given, is not [a]good at this time.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in mind as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: also thy father is a valiant warrior, and will not [b]lodge with the people.

Behold, he is hid now in some cave, or in some place: and though some of them be overthrown at the first, yet the people shall hear, and say, The people that follow Absalom, [c]be overthrown.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:7 Hushai showeth himself faithful to David, in that he reproveth this wicked counsel and purpose.
  2. 2 Samuel 17:8 Or, tarry all night.
  3. 2 Samuel 17:9 Hebrew, have a breach of ruin.

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