King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 17:7
“And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 17
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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.
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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