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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13 Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will apull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”  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.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 17:7

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American Standard Version
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.

Amplified® Bible
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

Contemporary English Version
Hushai said: This time Ahithophel's advice isn't so good.

Darby English Version
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.

Good News Bible
Hushai answered, "The advice Ahithophel gave you this time is no good.

King James Version
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

New American Standard Bible
So Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good."

New International Version
Hushai replied to Absalom, "The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time.

New King James Version
So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the advice that Ahithophel has given does not seem good."

Revised Standard Version
Then Hushai said to Ab'salom, "This time the counsel which Ahith'ophel has given is not good."

Young's Literal Translation
And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good `is' the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'


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