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2 Samuel 17:7
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Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
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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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Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.
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2 Samuel 17
5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
6 So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
7 Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
8 He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
9 Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
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