1Then said Ahithophel unto Absolom: I pray thee, let me choose for myself, twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue David to-night;stylusIsaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8, Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8, Proverbs 4:162and let me come upon him, when, he, is weary, and weak-handed, so shall I strike him with terror, and all the people who are with him shall flee,—then will I smite the king alone:stylus2 Samuel 16:14, 1 Kings 22:31, 2 Samuel 16:14, 1 Kings 22:31, Zechariah 13:73that I may bring back all the people unto thee,—when all return—[save] the man whom thou art seeking, all the people, will be at peace.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Samuel 3:21, Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 57:214And the saying was right in the eyes of Absolom, —and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.stylusEsther 5:14, Romans 1:32, 2 Chronicles 30:4, Esther 1:21, 1 Samuel 23:215Then said Absolom, I pray you, call ye Hushai the Archite also,—and let us hear what is in, his, mouth, also.stylus2 Samuel 15:32, 2 Samuel 15:37, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 16:19, 2 Samuel 15:326And, when Hushai came in unto Absolom, Absolom spake unto him, saying—After this manner, hath Ahithophel spoken, shall we do what he saith? if not, thou, speak.stylus7Then said Hushai unto Absolom,—Not good, is the counsel that Ahithophel hath given—at this time.stylusProverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:88And Hushai said—Thou, knowest thy father and his men—that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field,—thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.stylusHosea 13:8, Hosea 13:8, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:18, Daniel 7:59Lo! by this time, hath, he, hidden himself in some pit, or other place,—and it shall be, as soon as he falleth upon them at the first, that he that hearkeneth for tidings will hear [of it], and will say—There is a defeat among the people that are following Absolom:stylus1 Samuel 14:14, 1 Samuel 14:15, 1 Samuel 22:1, Joshua 8:6, 1 Samuel 24:310then will, even the son of valour himself, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, utterly melt,—for all Israel do know that, a man of might, is thy father, and that, sons of valour, are they who are with him.stylusJoshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Deuteronomy 1:2811Therefore I counsel—that there be a general gathering together unto thee of all Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude,—and that, thine own presence, be going on in their midst.stylusGenesis 22:17, Genesis 22:17, Psalms 9:16, Joshua 11:4, Judges 20:112So shall we come upon him in some place where he hath been found, yea, we, shall be upon him, as when the dew falleth upon the ground,—and there shall not be left of him, or of the men that are with him, so much as one.stylusIsaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Obadiah 1:3, 1 Kings 20:10, 2 Kings 18:2313But, if, into a city, he withdraw, then will all Israel bring up unto that city, ropes,—and we will drag it down unto the ravine, until there be not found in that place, so much as a small stone.stylusMatthew 24:2, Matthew 24:2, Micah 1:6, Micah 1:614Then said Absolom and all the men of Israel, Better, is the counsel of Hushai the Archite, than the counsel of Ahithophel. Yahweh, indeed, had given charge to frustrate the wise counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring upon Absolom, ruin.stylus2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 15:34, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 1:1915So Hushai said unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus, did Ahithophel counsel Absolom and the elders of Israel,—and, thus and thus, have, I, counselled.stylus2 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 15:3616Now, therefore, send quickly, and tell David, saying,—Do not lodge to-night in the waste plains of the wilderness, thou must, even pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.stylus2 Samuel 15:28, 2 Samuel 15:28, 1 Corinthians 15:54, 2 Corinthians 5:4, 1 Corinthians 15:5417Now, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were staying by En-rogel, and a maidservant was to go and tell them, and, they, were to go and tell King David,—for they might not be seen to enter the city.stylus2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 15:27, Joshua 15:7, Joshua 18:1618And, though a young man did see them, and told Absolom, yet they both departed quickly, and entered the house of a man in Bahurim, and, he, had a well in his court, into which they went down;stylus2 Samuel 3:16, 2 Samuel 3:16, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 19:1619and the woman took and spread the cover over the face of the well, and spread thereon her pounded corn,—so nothing was known.stylusExodus 1:19, Exodus 1:19, Joshua 2:4, Joshua 2:24, Joshua 2:420Then came the servants of Absolom unto the woman in the house, and said—Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them—They have passed over the stream of water. And, when they had searched and not found, they returned to Jerusalem.stylusExodus 1:19, Exodus 1:19, 1 Samuel 19:12, 1 Samuel 19:17, Joshua 2:321And it came to pass, after those had gone, that these came up out of the well, and went, and told King David,—and said unto David,—Arise ye and pass quickly over the water, for, thus and thus, hath Ahithophel counselled against you.stylus2 Samuel 17:15, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Samuel 17:15, 2 Samuel 17:1622So David arose, and all the people who were with him, and passed over the Jordan, by the morning light, so much as one, was not lacking, who had not passed over the Jordan.stylusJohn 18:9, Matthew 10:16, Proverbs 27:12, John 18:9, Matthew 10:1623Now, when, Ahithophel, saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went unto his own house, unto his own city, and gave charge unto his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the grave of his father.stylusMatthew 27:5, Matthew 27:5, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Kings 20:1, 2 Samuel 15:1224When, David, had come to Mahanaim, Absolom, had passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.stylus2 Samuel 2:8, Genesis 32:2, 2 Samuel 2:8, Genesis 32:2, Joshua 13:2625Now Absolom had appointed, Amasa, instead of Joab, over the army,—Amasa, being the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Ishmaelite, who went in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab.stylus2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Samuel 20:926And Israel and Absolom encamped in the land of Gilead.stylusJoshua 17:1, Deuteronomy 3:15, Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:42, Joshua 17:127And it came to pass, when David entered Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, of Rogelim,stylus1 Kings 2:7, 1 Kings 2:7, 2 Samuel 10:1, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Samuel 9:428brought, sleeping rugs, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat and barley, and meal and roasted corn,—and beans and lentils, and parched pulse;stylus1 Samuel 25:18, Obadiah 1:3, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:2, Isaiah 32:829and honey and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat,—for they said, The people, are hungry and weary and thirsty, in the wilderness.stylus2 Samuel 16:2, 2 Samuel 16:2, Isaiah 21:14, 2 Samuel 16:14, Isaiah 21:14
