2 Samuel 17

1 ♥ 📝 M oreover Ahithophel^H302 said^H559 unto Absalom,^H53 Let me now choose out^H977 twelve^H8147 thousand^H505 men,^H376 and I will arise^H6965 and pursue^H7291 after^H310 David^H1732 this night:^H3915

2 ♥ 📝 and I will come^H935 upon him while he is weary^H3023 and weak-handed,^{H7504 H3027} and will make him afraid;^H2729 and all the people^H5971 that are with him shall flee;^H5127 and I will smite^H5221 the king^H4428 only;

3 ♥ 📝 and I will bring back^H7725 all the people^H5971 unto thee: the man^H376 whom thou seekest^H1245 is as if all returned:^H7725 [so] all the people^H5971 shall be in peace.^H7965

4 ♥ 📝 And the saying^H1697 pleased^H3474 Absalom^H53 well,^H5869 and all the elders^H2205 of Israel.^H3478

5 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Absalom,^H53 Call^H7121 now Hushai^H2365 the Archite^H757 also, and let us hear^H8085 likewise what he saith.^H6310

6 ♥ 📝 And when Hushai^H2365 was come^H935 to Absalom,^H53 Absalom^H53 spake^H559 unto him, saying,^H559 Ahithophel^H302 hath spoken^H1696 after this manner:^H1697 shall we do^H6213 [after] his saying?^H1697 if not, speak^H1696 thou.

7 ♥ 📝 And Hushai^H2365 said^H559 unto Absalom,^H53 The counsel^H6098 that Ahithophel^H302 hath given^H3289 this time^H6471 is not good.^H2896

8 ♥ 📝 Hushai^H2365 said^H559 moreover, Thou knowest^H3045 thy father^H1 and his men,^H582 that they are mighty men,^H1368 and they are chafed^H4751 in their minds,^H5315 as a bear^H1677 robbed^H7909 of her whelps in the field;^H7704 and thy father^H1 is a man^H376 of war,^H4421 and will not lodge^H3885 with the people.^H5971

9 ♥ 📝 Behold, he is hid^H2244 now in some^H259 pit,^H6354 or in some^H259 [other] place:^H4725 and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen^H5307 at the first,^H8462 that whosoever^H8085 heareth^H8085 it will say,^H559 There is a slaughter^H4046 among the people^H5971 that follow^H310 Absalom.^H53

10 ♥ 📝 And even he that is valiant,^H1121 whose heart^H3820 is as the heart^H3820 of a lion,^H738 will utterly^H4549 melt;^H4549 for all Israel^H3478 knoweth^H3045 that thy father^H1 is a mighty man,^H1368 and they that are with him are valiant^H2428 men.^H1121

11 ♥ 📝 But I counsel^H3289 that all Israel^H3478 be gathered^H622 together^H622 unto thee, from Dan^H1835 even to Beer-sheba,^H884 as the sand^H2344 that is by the sea^H3220 for multitude;^H7230 and that thou go^H1980 to battle^H7128 in thine own person.^H6440

12 ♥ 📝 So shall we come^H935 upon him in some^H259 place^H4725 where he shall be found,^H4672 and we will light^H5168 upon him as the dew^H2919 falleth^H5307 on the ground;^H127 and of him and of all the men^H582 that are with him we will not leave^H3498 so much as^H1571 one.^H259

13 ♥ 📝 Moreover, if^H518 he be gotten^H622 into a city,^H5892 then shall all Israel^H3478 bring^H5375 ropes^H2256 to that city,^H5892 and we will draw^H5498 it into the river,^H5158 until there be not one^H1571 small stone^H6872 found^H4672 there.

14 ♥ 📝 And Absalom^H53 and all the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 said,^H559 The counsel^H6098 of Hushai^H2365 the Archite^H757 is better^H2896 than the counsel^H6098 of Ahithophel.^H302 For Jehovah^H3068 had ordained^H6680 to defeat^H6565 the good^H2896 counsel^H6098 of Ahithophel,^H302 to the intent^H5668 that Jehovah^H3068 might bring^H935 evil^H7451 upon Absalom.^H53

15 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Hushai^H2365 unto Zadok^H6659 and to Abiathar^H54 the priests,^H3548 Thus and thus did Ahithophel^H302 counsel^H3289 Absalom^H53 and the elders^H2205 of Israel;^H3478 and thus and thus have I counselled.^H3289

16 ♥ 📝 Now therefore send^H7971 quickly,^H4120 and tell^H5046 David,^H1732 saying,^H559 Lodge^H3885 not this night^H3915 at the fords^H6160 of the wilderness,^H4057 but by all means^H5674 pass over;^H5674 lest the king^H4428 be swallowed up,^H1104 and all the people^H5971 that are with him.

17 ♥ 📝 Now Jonathan^H3083 and Ahimaaz^H290 were staying^H5975 by En-rogel;^H5883 and a maid-servant^H8198 used to go^H1980 and tell^H5046 them; and they went^H1980 and told^H5046 king^H4428 David:^H1732 for they might^H3201 not be seen^H7200 to come^H935 into the city.^H5892

18 ♥ 📝 But a lad^H5288 saw^H7200 them, and told^H5046 Absalom:^H53 and they went^H3212 both^H8147 of them away quickly,^H4120 and came^H935 to the house^H1004 of a man^H376 in Bahurim,^H980 who had a well^H875 in his court;^H2691 and they went down^H3381 thither.^H8033

19 ♥ 📝 And the woman^H802 took^H3947 and spread^H6566 the covering^H4539 over the well's^H875 mouth,^H6440 and strewed^H7849 bruised grain^H7383 thereon; and nothing^H1697 was known.^H3045

20 ♥ 📝 And Absalom's^H53 servants^H5650 came^H935 to the woman^H802 to the house;^H1004 and they said,^H559 Where are Ahimaaz^H290 and Jonathan?^H3083 And the woman^H802 said^H559 unto them, They are gone over^H5674 the brook^H4323 of water.^H4325 And when they had sought^H1245 and could not find^H4672 them, they returned^H7725 to Jerusalem.^H3389

21 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, after^H310 they were departed,^H3212 that they came up^H5927 out of the well,^H875 and went^H3212 and told^H5046 king^H4428 David;^H1732 and they said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Arise^H6965 ye, and pass quickly^H4120 over^H5674 the water;^H4325 for thus hath Ahithophel^H302 counselled^H3289 against you.

22 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 arose,^H6965 and all the people^H5971 that were with him, and they passed over^H5674 the Jordan:^H3383 by the morning^H1242 light^H216 there lacked^H5737 not one^H259 of them that was not gone over^H5674 the Jordan.^H3383

23 ♥ 📝 And when Ahithophel^H302 saw^H7200 that his counsel^H6098 was not followed,^H6213 he saddled^H2280 his ass,^H2543 and arose,^H6965 and gat him home,^H3212 unto his^H1004 city,^H5892 and set his house^H1004 in order,^H6680 and hanged^H2614 himself; and he died,^H4191 and was buried^H6912 in the sepulchre^H6913 of his father.^H1

24 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 came^H935 to Mahanaim.^H4266 And Absalom^H53 passed over^H5674 the Jordan,^H3383 he and all the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 with him.

25 ♥ 📝 And Absalom^H53 set^H7760 Amasa^H6021 over the host^H6635 instead of Joab.^H3097 Now Amasa^H6021 was the son^H1121 of a man,^H376 whose name^H8034 was Ithra^H3501 the Israelite,^H3481 that went in^H935 to Abigal^H26 the daughter^H1323 of Nahash,^H5176 sister^H269 to Zeruiah,^H6870 Joab's^H3097 mother.^H517

26 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 and Absalom^H53 encamped^H2583 in the land^H776 of Gilead.^H1568

27 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when David^H1732 was come^H935 to Mahanaim,^H4266 that Shobi^H7629 the son^H1121 of Nahash^H5176 of Rabbah^H7237 of the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 and Machir^H4353 the son^H1121 of Ammiel^H5988 of Lodebar,^H3810 and Barzillai^H1271 the Gileadite^H1569 of Rogelim,^H7274

28 ♥ 📝 brought^H5066 beds,^H4904 and basins,^H5592 and earthen^H3335 vessels,^H3627 and wheat,^H2406 and barley,^H8184 and meal,^H7058 and parched^H7039 [grain], and beans,^H6321 and lentils,^H5742 and parched^H7039 [pulse],

29 ♥ 📝 and honey,^H1706 and butter,^H2529 and sheep,^H6629 and cheese^H8194 of the herd,^H1241 for David,^H1732 and for the people^H5971 that were with him, to eat:^H398 for they said,^H559 The people^H5971 are hungry,^H7457 and weary,^H5889 and thirsty,^H6771 in the wilderness.^H4057