2 Samuel 17:7-9

Lexham English Bible

⁷ Then Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel gave is not good at this time.”^{[a] 8} Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty warriors and they are enraged^[b] as a bear robbed of her offspring in the field. Your father is a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops. ⁹ Now he has hidden himself in one of the caves or in one of the places. At the moment he falls on them^[c] the first time, whoever hears^[d] the report will say, ‘There has been a defeat among the people who follow after Absalom.’