2 Samuel 17:13-15
Christian Standard Bible
13 If he retreats to some city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag its stones[a] into the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.” 14 Since the Lord had decreed(A) that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined(B) in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”
David Informed of Absalom’s Plans
15 Hushai then told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, “This is what[b] Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what[c] I advised.
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