nkjv 2Samuel:17:7-14 SEEK
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So Hushai said to Absalom : "
The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time .
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For ,"
said Hushai , "
you know your father and his men ,
that they are mighty men ,
and they are enraged in their minds ,
like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field ;
and your father is a man of war ,
and will not camp with the people .
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Surely by now he is hidden in some pit ,
or in some other place .
And it will be ,
when some of them are overthrown at the first ,
that whoever hears it will say , "
There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom .'
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And even he who is valiant ,
whose heart is like the heart of a lion ,
will melt completely .
For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man ,
and those who are with him are valiant men .
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Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you ,
from Dan to Beersheba ,
like the sand that is by the sea for multitude ,
and that you go to battle in person .
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So we will come upon him in some place where he may be found ,
and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground .
And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one .
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Moreover ,
if he has withdrawn into a city ,
then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city ;
and we will pull it into the river ,
until there is not one small stone found there ."
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So Absalom and all the men of Israel said , "
The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel ."
For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel ,
to the intent that the LORD might bring disaster on Absalom .