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2 Samuel 17:1 (BSB)
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Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 17:2 (BSB)
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I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

2 Samuel 17:3 (BSB)
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and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

2 Samuel 17:4 (BSB)
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This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:5 (BSB)
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Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

2 Samuel 17:6 (BSB)
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So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”

2 Samuel 17:7 (BSB)
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Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

2 Samuel 17:8 (BSB)
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He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

2 Samuel 17:9 (BSB)
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Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

2 Samuel 17:10 (BSB)
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Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

2 Samuel 17:11 (BSB)
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Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

2 Samuel 17:12 (BSB)
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Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

2 Samuel 17:13 (BSB)
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If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”

2 Samuel 17:14 (BSB)
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Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:15 (BSB)
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So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

2 Samuel 17:16 (BSB)
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Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

2 Samuel 17:17 (BSB)
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Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.

2 Samuel 17:18 (BSB)
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But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

2 Samuel 17:19 (BSB)
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Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

2 Samuel 17:20 (BSB)
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When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 17:21 (BSB)
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After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

2 Samuel 17:22 (BSB)
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So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.

2 Samuel 17:23 (BSB)
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When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 17:24 (BSB)
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Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:25 (BSB)
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Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

2 Samuel 17:26 (BSB)
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So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 17:27 (BSB)
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When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

2 Samuel 17:28 (BSB)
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They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

2 Samuel 17:29 (BSB)
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honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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