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.