2 Samuel 17:1-4

Absalom Calls for Hushai’s Counsel

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight. 2 ^aAnd I will come upon him while he is weary with his hands falling limp and throw him into utter fright, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then ^bI will strike down the king alone, 3 and I will cause all the people to return to you. ¹The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at ^apeace.” 4 And the word was right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.