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2 Samuel 17:5
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3 Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.”
4 And the saying pleased Absalom and all the aelders of Israel.  

The Advice of Hushai

5 Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he asays too.”  
6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken in this manner. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.”
7 So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
8 For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like aa bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.  
9 Surely by now he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
10 And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will amelt completely. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.  
11 Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, afrom Dan to Beersheba, blike the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.  
12 So we will come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will apull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”  
14 So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For athe Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.  

Hushai Warns David to Escape

15 aThen Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.  
16 Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night ain the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ”  
Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 17:5

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American Standard Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Amplified® Bible
Absalom said, Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says.

Contemporary English Version
Then Absalom said, "Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say."

Darby English Version
And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.

Good News Bible
Absalom said, "Now call Hushai, and let us hear what he has to say."

King James Version
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

New American Standard Bible
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

New International Version
But Absalom said, "Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say."

New King James Version
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says too.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

Revised Standard Version
Then Ab'salom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what `is' in his mouth -- even he.'


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