1	Moreover Ahithophel said# unto Absalom, Let me now choose out# twelve# thousand men, and I will arise# and pursue# after David this night:
			2	And I will come# upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid# : and all the people that are with him shall flee# ; and I will smite# the king only:
			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. [pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc]
			5	Then said# Absalom, Call# now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear# likewise what he saith. [what...: Heb. what is in his mouth]
			6	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. [his saying: Heb. his word]
			7	And Hushai said# unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given# is not good at this time. [given: Heb. counselled]
			8	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. [chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul]
			9	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. [overthrown: Heb. fallen]
			10	And he also that is valiant# , whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly# melt# : for all Israel knoweth# that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
			11	Therefore I counsel# that all Israel be generally# gathered# unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go# to battle in thine own person. [that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc]
			12	So shall we come# upon him in some place where he shall be found# , and we will light upon him as the dew falleth# on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left# so much as one.
			13	Moreover, if he be gotten# into a city, then shall all Israel bring# ropes to that city, and we will draw# it into the river, until there be not one small stone found# there.
			14	And Absalom and all the men of Israel said# , The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed# to defeat# the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring# evil upon Absalom. [appointed: Heb. commanded]
			15	Then said# Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel# Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled# .
			16	Now therefore send# quickly, and tell# David, saying# , Lodge# not this night in the plains# # of the wilderness, but speedily# pass over# ; lest the king be swallowed up# , and all the people that are with him.
			17	Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed# by Enrogel; for they might# not be seen# to come# into the city: and a wench went# and told# them; and they went# and told# king David.
			18	Nevertheless a lad saw# them, and told# Absalom: but they went# both of them away quickly, and came# to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down# .
			19	And the woman took# and spread# a covering over the well's mouth, and spread# ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known# .
			20	And when Absalom's servants came# to the woman to the house, they said# , Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said# unto them, They be gone over# the brook of water. And when they had sought# and could not find# them , they returned# to Jerusalem.
			21	And it came to pass, after they were departed# , that they came up# out of the well, and went# and told# king David, and said# unto David, Arise# , and pass quickly over# the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled# against you.
			22	Then David arose# , and all the people that were with him, and they passed over# Jordan: by the morning light there lacked# not one of them that was not gone over# Jordan.
			23	And when Ahithophel saw# that his counsel was not followed# , he saddled# his ass, and arose# , and gat him home# to his house, to his city, and put his household in order# , and hanged# himself, and died# , and was buried# in the sepulchre of his father. [followed: Heb. done] [put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house]
			24	Then David came# to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over# Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
			25	And Absalom made# Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in# to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. [Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite] [Abigail: Heb. Abigal] [Nahash: or, Jesse]
			26	So Israel and Absalom pitched# in the land of Gilead.
			27	And it came to pass, when David was come# to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
			28	Brought# beds, and basons, and earthen# vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn , and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse , [basons: or, cups]
			29	And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat# : for they said# , The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.