1. And Aḥithophel said to Aḇshalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and let me arise and pursue Dawiḏ tonight,
2. and come upon him while he is weary and weak. And I shall make him afraid and all the people who are with him shall flee. And I shall smite the sovereign alone,
3. and bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people should be at peace.”
4. And the saying pleased Aḇshalom and all the elders of Yisra’ĕl.
5. But Aḇshalom said, “Now call Ḥushai the Arkite also, and let us hear what he says too.”
6. And Ḥushai came to Aḇshalom, and Aḇshalom spoke to him, saying, “Aḥithophel has spoken according to this word. Should we do as he says? If not, speak up.”
7. And Ḥushai said to Aḇshalom, “The advice that Aḥithophel has given is not good at this time.”