Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `
Let me choose ,
I
pray
thee,
twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-
night ,
Moreover
Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now
choose out
twelve thousand men, and I will
arise and pursue after David this
night :
and come upon him ,
and
he weary and feeble-
handed, and I
have
caused
him to
tremble,
and all the people have
fled
who
`
are '
with him ,
and I have
smitten
the king by
himself,
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:
and I bring back all the people unto thee --
as
the
turning
back
of
the
whole
`is'
the man whom thou art
seeking
--
all the people are
peace.
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.
And the thing
is
right
in
the
eyes
of
Absalom, and in
the
eyes
of
all the elders of Israel.
And the saying
pleased
Absalom well
, and all the elders of Israel.
And
Absalom saith
, `
Call ,
I
pray
thee,
also
for
Hushai the Archite, and we
hear what `is'
in
his
mouth
--
even
he. '
Then
said
Absalom, Call now
Hushai the Archite also
, and let
us
hear likewise
what he saith
.
And Hushai cometh
in
unto
Absalom, and
Absalom speaketh
unto him, saying, `According
to
this
word
hath
Ahithophel spoken ;
do
we do his word
? if not ,
thou
--
speak thou. '
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.
And Hushai saith
unto Absalom, `Not
good
`is'
the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled
at this time. '
And Hushai said
unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given
is
not
good
at this time.
And
Hushai saith
, `
Thou hast
known
thy father and his men, that they `are'
heroes
, and they are
bitter
in soul
as a bereaved
bear in a
field ,
and thy father `
is '
a man of war, and doth
not lodge with the people ;
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 .
lo,
now
, he is hidden
in one
of
the
pits
, or in one
of
the
places,
and it hath
been
, at
the
falling
among
them at the commencement
, that the
hearer
hath
heard,
and
said
, There hath
been
a slaughter among the people who
`are'
after
Absalom ;
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 .
and he also ,
the
son
of
valour
, whose heart `
is '
as the heart of the
lion, doth
utterly melt ,
for all Israel doth
know
that thy father is a hero
, and sons
of
valour
`are'
those
with him.
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
.
`So
that
I have
counselled:
Let
all Israel be diligently
gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto
Beer-Sheba
, as the sand that `
is '
by the sea for multitude ,
and thou thyself
art
going
in the
midst;
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.
and
we have
come in
unto
him in one
of
the
places
where he is
found, and we `are'
upon him as the dew falleth on the ground ,
and there
hath
not
been
left
of him and of all the men who
`
are '
with him even
one.
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.
And
if unto
a city he
is
gathered
, then they
have
caused
all Israel to bear
unto
that city ropes
, and we have
drawn
it unto
the brook
till
that
there hath
not been
found there even
a
stone
. '
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.
And Absalom saith
--
and all the men of Israel --
`Better
`is'
the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel ;'
and
Jehovah
willed
to make
void
the good counsel of Ahithophel for
the sake
of
Jehovah's
bringing
unto
Absalom
the evil.
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
.
And
Hushai saith
unto Zadok and unto
Abiathar the priests, `
Thus and thus hath
Ahithophel counselled
Absalom and the elders of Israel ,
and thus and thus I
have counselled;
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
counseled.
and
now ,
send hastily
, and declare
to
David, saying, Lodge not to-
night in the plains of the wilderness, and
also,
certainly
pass over ,
lest there
be
a
swallowing
up
of
the king and of
all the people who
are with him. '
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.
And
Jonathan and Ahimaaz are
standing
at
En-Rogel,
and
the
maid-servant
hath
gone
and
declared
to
them
--
and
they
go
and
have
declared
`it'
to
king
David
--
for they are
not able
to
be seen to go
in
to
the city.
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
.
And
a youth
seeth
them, and declareth
to
Absalom ;
and
they go
on
both of them hastily
, and come
in
unto
the
house
of
a man
in Bahurim, and
he
hath
a well in his court ,
and
they go
down there,
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 .
and the woman taketh
and spreadeth
the
covering over the face
of
the
well
, and spreadeth
on
it
the
ground corn ,
and the thing hath
not been
known.
And the woman took
and spread
a
covering over the well's
mouth
, and spread
ground corn thereon;
and the thing was
not known.
And the
servants of
Absalom
come
in
unto
the woman to the house, and
say
, `
Where `are'
Ahimaaz and Jonathan? '
and the woman saith
to
them, `
They passed
over the brook of water ;'
and they seek,
and have
not found
, and
turn
back
to Jerusalem.
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.
And it cometh
to pass, after their
going
on
, that they come
up out of the well, and go
and declare
to
king David, and say
unto David, `Rise
ye
, and pass over hastily
the waters,
for thus hath Ahithophel counselled
against you. '
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 counseled
against you.
And
David riseth
, and all the people who
`are'
with him, and they pass
over the
Jordan ,
till
the
light
of
the morning ,
till
one
hath
not been
lacking
who
hath
not passed
over the
Jordan.
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.
And Ahithophel hath
seen
that his counsel was not done
, and
he saddleth
the
ass, and riseth
and goeth
unto
his house, unto
his city, and giveth
charge
unto
his household, and strangleth
himself, and dieth
, and he
is
buried in the burying-place
of his father.
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.
And
David came to Mahanaim ,
and Absalom passed over the
Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him ;
Then
David came to Mahanaim .
And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him .
and Amasa
hath
Absalom set
instead
of Joab
over
the host ,
and
Amasa `is'
a man's son whose name is
Ithra the
Israelite who
hath
gone
in unto
Abigail ,
daughter of Nahash, sister of
Zeruiah ,
mother of
Joab;
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 .
and
Israel encampeth
with
Absalom `
in '
the land of Gilead.
So
Israel and
Absalom pitched
in the land of Gilead.
And it cometh
to pass at
the
coming
in
of
David to Mahanaim, that Shobi ,
son of Nahash ,
from
Rabbah of the Bene-
Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel ,
from
Lo-Debar
, and Barzillai the Gileadite ,
from
Rogelim,
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,
couch
, and basin
, and earthen vessel
, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted
`
corn '
, and beans, and lentiles
, and roasted
`
pulse '
,
Brought
beds
, and basins
, and earthen vessels
, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched
corn, and beans, and lentils
, and parched
pulse,
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have
brought
nigh
for David, and for the people who
`are'
with him to eat ,
for they said, `Thy
people `
is '
hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. '
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.
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