2 Samuel 17:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 So shall we come upon him in some place, where we shall find him, and [a]we will upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, we will not leave him one.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 ¶ Then 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 [b]determined to destroy the [c]good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might [d]bring evil upon Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:12 Or, we will camp against him.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Or, commanded.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 That counsel which seemed good at the first to Absalom, verse 4.
- 2 Samuel 17:14 For by the counsel of Hushai, he went to the battle, where he was destroyed.
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