rsv 2Samuel:17:6-14 SEEK
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And when Hushai came to Ab '
salom ,
Ab '
salom said to him , "
Thus has Ahith '
ophel spoken ;
shall we do as he advises ?
If not ,
you speak ."
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Then Hushai said to Ab '
salom , "
This time the counsel which Ahith '
ophel has given is not good ."
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Hushai said moreover , "
You know that your father and his men are mighty men ,
and that they are enraged ,
like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field .
Besides ,
your father is expert in war ;
he will not spend the night with the people .
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Behold ,
even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits ,
or in some other place .
And when some of the people fall at the first attack ,
whoever hears it will say , `
There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Ab '
salom .'
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Then even the valiant man ,
whose heart is like the heart of a lion ,
will utterly melt with fear ;
for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man ,
and that those who are with him are valiant men .
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But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you ,
from Dan to Beer-sheba ,
as the sand by the sea for multitude ,
and that you go to battle in person .
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So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found ,
and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground ;
and of him and all the men with him not one will be left .
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If he withdraws into a city ,
then all Israel will bring ropes to that city ,
and we shall drag it into the valley ,
until not even a pebble is to be found there ."
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And Ab '
salom and all the men of Israel said , "
The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahith '
ophel ."
For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahith '
ophel ,
so that the LORD might bring evil upon Ab '
salom .