Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 17:5 in context
2 Samuel 17:2–8
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I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
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and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
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The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
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When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
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Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
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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.
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