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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafedb 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.
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 overthrownc at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
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.
11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14
And 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 appointedd to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
15
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains* of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
19
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed,e he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
2 Samuel 17:7
Y Husai dijo a Absalón: Esta vez el consejo que Ahitofel ha dado no es bueno.
English Standard Version ESV
2 Samuel 17:7
Then Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good."
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
2 Samuel 17:7
Entonces Husai dijo a Absalón: El consejo que ha dado esta vez Ahitofel no es bueno
New King James Version NKJV
2 Samuel 17:7
So Hushai said to Absalom: "The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
2 Samuel 17:7
—Bueno —le contestó Husai—, esta vez Ahitofel se equivocó.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
2 Samuel 17:7
—Esta vez el plan de Ajitofel no es bueno —respondió Husay—.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
2 Samuel 17:7
Entonces Husai dijo á Absalom: El consejo que ha dado esta vez Achitophel no es bueno.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
2 Samuel 17:7
Entonces Husai dijo a Absalón: El consejo que ha dado esta vez Ahitofel no es bueno.
Herramientas de Estudio para 2 Samuel 17:7-27
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