17 And Ab´salom said to Hu´shai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
18 And Hu´shai said unto Ab´salom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
20 Then said Ab´salom to Ahith´ophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
21 And Ahith´ophel said unto Ab´salom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
22 So they spread Ab´salom a tent upon the top of the house; and Ab´salom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsel of Ahith´ophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahith´ophel both with David and with Ab´salom.