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2 Samuel 17:7

Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

Verse in context — 2 Samuel 17

5

Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

6

When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.

7

Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

8

Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

9

Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!

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