1. Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night,
2. and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed and will make him afraid, and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only.
3. Thus will I turn all the people back unto thee, and when they have returned (for that man is whom thou dost seek), all the people shall be in peace.
4. And this word seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and of all the elders of Israel.
5. Then Absalom said, Now call Hushai, the Archite, also, and let us likewise hear what he says.
6. And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying, Thus spoke Ahithophel; shall we follow his word or not? Speak thou.
7. Then Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.