2 Samuel 17:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ Hushai added, “You know your father and his men are ·strong [^Lmighty fighters/warriors]. They are as ·angry [fierce] as a bear that is robbed of its cubs. Your father is a ·skilled [experienced; expert] ·fighter [in war]. He won’t stay all night with the ·army [troops]. ⁹ He is probably already hiding in a cave or ·some other place [^Lpit; hollow]. ·If the first attack fails [^LWhen some of our men fall at the first attack], people will hear the news and think, ‘Absalom’s followers are ·losing [being slaughtered]!’ ¹⁰ Then even the men who are ·as brave as lions [^Lvaliant, with the heart of a lion] will ·be frightened [^Lmelt/be paralyzed with fear], because all the Israelites know your father is a ·fighter [^Lmighty warrior]. They know his men are brave!