1 Moreover Ahith´ophel said unto Ab´salom, 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 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4 And the saying pleased Ab´salom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then said Ab´salom, Call now Hu´shai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 And when Hu´shai was come to Ab´salom, Ab´salom spake unto him, saying, Ahith´ophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.