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2 Samuel 17:7

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

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:5

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

  2. 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.

  3. 2 Samuel 17:8

    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.

  4. 2 Samuel 17:9

    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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