King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 17:5
“Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 17
3
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not; speak thou.
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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