3. Then I will return all the people to you; when all have returned, the man whom you are seeking will be dead, but all the people will be safe.”
4. The word was right in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
5. Then Absalom said, “Please call also for Hushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he has to say also.”
6. So Hushai came to Absalom, who said to him, “Shall we do according to this word that Ahithophel has spoken? If not, then you tell us.”
7. Then Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel gave is not good at this time.”
8. Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty warriors and they are enraged 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 the first time, whoever hears the report will say, ‘There has been a defeat among the people who follow after Absalom.’