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2 Samuel 17:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

2 Samuel 17:7

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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From This Chapter

2 Samuel 17:1

"Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:"

2 Samuel 17:2

"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:"

2 Samuel 17:3

"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."

2 Samuel 17:4

"And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel."

2 Samuel 17:5

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

2 Samuel 17:6

"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."

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