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So David and his men went on the road, while Shim'e-i went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him and flung dust.
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And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan; and there he refreshed himself.
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Now Ab'salom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahith'ophel with him.
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And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Ab'salom, Hushai said to Ab'salom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
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And Ab'salom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"
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And Hushai said to Ab'salom, "No; for whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you."
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Then Ab'salom said to Ahith'ophel, "Give your counsel; what shall we do?"
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Ahith'ophel said to Ab'salom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."
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So they pitched a tent for Ab'salom upon the roof; and Ab'salom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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Now in those days the counsel which Ahith'ophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahith'ophel esteemed, both by David and by Ab'salom.