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Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve* thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
a'N h'r]x.b,at0977 ~{l'v.b;at053 -l,a l,p{tyix]at0302 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'p.D.r,a.w h'm.Wq'a.w vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 r'f'[t06240 -myen.v ? h'l.y'L;ht03915 diw'dt01732 -yer]x;at0310
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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:
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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.
vyia'ht0376 l{K;h b.Wv.Kt07725 '$y,lea ~'['ht05971 -l'k h'byiv'a.w ? ~w{l'vt07965 h,y.hIy ~'['ht05971 -l'K veQ;b.mt01245 h'T;a r,v]a
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
yen.qiz -l'K yenye[.b.W ~{l'v.b;a yenye[.B r'b'D;ht01697 r;vyiY;wt03474 ? lea'r.fIyt03478
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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
yiK.r;a'ht0757 y;v.Wx.lt02365 ~;G a'n a'r.qt07121 ~w{l'v.b;a r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? a.Wh -m;G wyip.B -h;m h'[.m.vin.wt08085
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And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
~w{l'v.b;at053 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ~w{l'v.b;at053 -l,a y;v.Wxt02365 a{b'Y;w ? h,f][;n]ht06213 l,p{tyix]at0302 r,BiDt01696 h,Z;h r'b'D;Kt01697 r{maelt0559 wy'lea ? reB;dt01697 h'T;a !Iy;a -mia w{r'b.Dt01696 -t,a
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
h'bw{j -a{l ~w{l'v.b;at053 -l,a y;v.Wxt02365 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? ta{Z;h ~;[;P;Bt06471 l,p{tyix]at0302 #;['yt03289 -r,v]a h'ce['ht06098
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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
-t,a.wt02365 '$yib'a -t,at01 'T.[;d'y h'T;a y;v.Wx r,ma{Y;w t0559 ? b{d.Kt07909 h'Meht01677 v,p,n yer'm.Wt05315 h'Meht04751 ~yir{Big yiKt01368 wy'v'n]a ? ~'['ht05971 -t,a !yil'y a{l.w h'm'x.limt04421 vyiat0376 '$yib'a.wt01 h,d'F;B l.WK;v
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Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
w{a ~yit'x.P;ht06354 t;x;a.Bt02244 a'B.x,n -a.Wh h'T;[ heNih ? h'Lix.T;Bt08462 ~,h'B l{p.niKt05307 h'y'h.w t{mw{q.M;h d;x;a.Bt0259 ? r,v]a ~'['Bt05971 h'peG;mt04046 h't.y'h r;m'a.wt0559 ;[em{V;ht08085 [;m'v.wt08085 ? ~{l'v.b;a yer]x;at0310
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And he also that is valiant*, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
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Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
lea'r.fIyt03478 -l'k '$y,l'[ @es'aeyt0622 @{s'aeht0622 yiT.c;['y yiK ? ~'Y;ht03220 -l;[ -r,v]a lw{x;Kt02344 [;b,v rea.Bt0884 -d;[.w !'Dim ? b'r.q;Bt07230 ~yik.l{h '$y,n'p.W b{r'l
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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.
a'c.mint04672 r,v]a t{mw{q.M;ht04725 t;x;a.B wy'lea .Wna'b.Wt0935 ? h'm'd]a'ht0127 -l;[ l;J;ht02919 l{PIy r,v]a;K wy'l'[ .Wn.x;n.wt05168 ~'v ? w{Tia -r,v]a ~yiv'n]a'h -l'k.b.W w{B r;tw{n -a{l.w ? d'x,at0259 -m;G
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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.
-l'kt03478 .WayiFih.w @es'aey ryi[t0622 -l,at05892 -mia.w ? .Wn.b;x's.w ~yil'b]x ayih;ht05498 ryi['ht02256 -l,a lea'r.fIyt05892 ? rw{r.c -m;Gt06872 ~'v a'c.min -a{lt04672 -r,v]a d;[ l;x;N;h -d;[t05158 w{t{a
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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 appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
h'bw{j lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 -l'k.w ~w{l'v.b;at053 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'why;wt03068 l,p{tyix]at0302 t;c][em yiK.r;a'ht0757 y;v.Wxt02365 t;c][ ? r.Wb][;b.lt05668 h'bw{J;h l,p{tyix]at0302 t;c][ -t,a rep'h.l h\Wic ? h'['r'ht07451 -t,a ~w{l'v.b;at053 -l,a h'wh.yt03068 ayib'h
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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.
r't'y.b,at054 -l,a.w qw{d'ct06659 -l,a y;v.Wxt02365 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? ~{l'v.b;a -t,a l,p{tyix]at0302 #;['yt03289 ta{z'k.w ta{z'K ~yin]h{K;h ? yiT.c;['y ta{z'k.w ta{z'k.w lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.qiz tea.w ? yin'a
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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.
r{maelt0559 diw'd.lt01732 .WdyiG;h.w h'reh.mt04120 .Wx.livt07971 h'T;[.w ? ~;g.w r'B.diM;ht04057 tw{b.r;[.Bt06160 h'l.y;L;ht03915 !,l'T -l;a ? ~'['ht05971 -l'k.l.W .$,l,M;lt04428 [;LUb.yt01104 !,P rw{b][;T rw{b'[ ? w{Tia r,v]a
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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.
leg{r -nye[.B ~yid.m{[t05975 #;[;myix]a;wt0290 !'t'nw{hyiwt03083 ? .Wk.leyt03201 ~eh.w ~,h'l h'dyiGih.w h'x.piV;ht08198 h'k.l'h.w ? tw{a'reh.l .Wl.k.Wy a{l yiK diw'Dt01732 .$,l,M;lt04428 .WdyiGih.w ? h'ryi['ht05892 aw{b'lt0935
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Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
.Wk.leY;wt053 ~{l'v.b;a.l deG;Y;w r;[;nt05288 ~'t{a a.r;Y;w ? ~yir.Wx;b.Bt0980 vyiat0376 -tyeBt01004 -l,a .Wa{b'Y;wt0935 h'reh.mt04120 ~,hyen.v ? ~'vt08033 .Wd.reY;wt03381 w{rec]x;Bt02691 rea.bt0875 w{l.w
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And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
yen.Pt06440 -l;[ .$'s'M;ht04539 -t,a f{r.piT;wt06566 h'Via'ht0802 x;QiT;w ? [;dw{n a{l.w tw{pir'h wy'l'[ x;j.viT;wt07849 rea.B;ht0875 ? r'b'Dt01697
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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.
h't.y;B;ht01004 h'Via'ht0802 -l,a ~w{l'v.b;a yed.b;[t05650 .Wa{b'Y;wt0935 ? r,ma{T;wt0559 !'t'nw{hyiwt03083 #;[;myix]at0290 heY;a .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 ? .Wv.q;b.y;wt01245 ~Iy'M;ht04325 l;kyimt04323 .Wr.b'[t05674 h'Via'ht0802 ~,h'l ? ~i'l'v.Wr.yt03389 .WbUv'Y;wt07725 .Wa'c'mt04672 a{l.w
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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.
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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.
.Wr.b;[;Y;wt05674 w{Tia r,v]a ~'['ht05971 -l'k.w diw'Dt01732 ~'q'Y;w ? d;x;at0259 -d;[ r,q{B;ht01242 rw{at0216 -d;[ !eD.r;Y;ht03383 -t,a ? !eD.r;Y;ht03383 -t,a r;b'[t05674 -a{l r,v]a r'D.[,nt05737 a{l
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And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, 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.
v{b]x;Y;wt02280 w{t'c][ h't.f,[,n a{l yiK h'a'rt07200 l,p{tyix]a;wt0302 ? w{ryi[t05892 -l,a w{tyeBt01004 -l,a .$,leY;w ~'q'Y;w rw{m]x;ht02543 -t,a ? reb'QiY;wt06912 t'm'Y;w q;n'xeY;wt02614 w{tyeBt01004 -l,a w;c.y;w ? wyib'at01 r,b,q.Bt06913
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Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
!eD.r;Y;ht03383 -t,a r;b'[t05674 ~{l'v.b;a.wt053 h'm.y'n]x;m a'B diw'd.wt01732 ? w{Mi[ lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 -l'k.w a.Wh
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And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
a'b'C;ht06635 -l;[ b'aw{yt03097 t;x;Tt0269 ~{l'v.b;at053 ~'ft08034 a'f'm][t06021 -t,a.w ? yilea.r.fiY;ht03481 a'r.tIyt03501 w{m.v.W vyiat0376 -n,b a'f'm][;w ? tw{x]a v'x'nt05176 -t;Bt01323 l;gyib]a -l,a a'B -r,v]a ? b'aw{yt03097 ~eat0517 h'y.Wr.ct06870
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So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
d'[.liG;ht01568 #,r,at0776 ~{l'v.b;a.wt053 lea'r.fIyt03478 !;xiY;w
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And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
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Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
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And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
.WvyiGih r'q'Bt01241 tw{p.v.Wt08194 !a{c.wt06629 h'a.m,x.wt02529 v;b.d.Wt01706 ? .Wr.m'at0559 yiK lw{k/a,l w{Tia -r,v]a ~'['l.wt05971 diw'd.lt01732 ? r'B.diM;Bt04057 aem'c.wt06771 @ey'[.wt05889 be['rt07457 ~'['ht05971