1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now…
2I will come on him while he is…
3and I will bring back all the people…
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the…
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite…
6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke…
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel…
8Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and…
9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit,…
10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is…
11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered…
12So we will come on him in some…
13Moreover, if he has gone into a city,…
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said,…
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar…
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,…
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En…
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom.…
19The woman took and spread the covering over…
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the…
21After they had departed, they came up out…
22Then David arose, and all the people who…
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not…
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over…
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of…
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of…
27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the…
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal,…
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd,…
