1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and chase David tonight.
2 I’ll catch him while he is tired and weak, and I’ll frighten him so all his people will run away. But I’ll kill only King David.
3 Then I’ll bring everyone back to you. If the man you are looking for is dead, everyone else will return safely.”
4 This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
5 But Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Arkite, so I can hear what he says.”