Old Testament

Book	Chapter	Verse
II Samuel	16	(14) And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
II Samuel	16	(15) And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
II Samuel	16	(16) And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
II Samuel	16	(17) And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
II Samuel	16	(18) And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
II Samuel	16	(19) And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
II Samuel	16	(20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
II Samuel	16	(21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
II Samuel	16	(22) So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
II Samuel	16	(23) And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
II 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:
II 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:
II 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.
II Samuel	17	(4) And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
II Samuel	17	(5) Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
II 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.
II Samuel	17	(7) And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
II 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.
II 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.
II Samuel	17	(10) And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

II Samuel

16

(14) And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

II Samuel

16

(15) And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

II Samuel

16

(16) And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

II Samuel

16

(17) And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

II Samuel

16

(18) And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

II Samuel

16

(19) And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

II Samuel

16

(20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

II Samuel

16

(21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

II Samuel

16

(22) So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

II Samuel

16

(23) And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

II 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:

II 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:

II 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.

II Samuel

17

(4) And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

II Samuel

17

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

II 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.

II Samuel

17

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

II 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.

II 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.

II Samuel

17

(10) And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.