BRAGADAYJAH 954
Ahithophel counseled Absalom to advance upon his father David.
In addition, Ahithophel asked Absalom to let him have twelve thousand
chosen men which he would then use to pursue after David in the night,
promising that he would come upon him while he is weary from his journey. He
would frighten away the people that were with David, and then he would kill
David alone. He then promised that having killed David he would return with all
the people and having gotten rid of the man who was causing unrest, the people
would then be at peace. And Ahithophel’s suggestion pleased Absalom as well as
the Elders of Israel, and Absalom ordered that Hushai the Archite be called and
his opinion sought. And when Hushai came before Absalom he told him of
Ahithophel’s plan and asked him whether he thought they should carry it out or
not. And Hushai told Absalom that the counsel of Ahithophel was not appropriate
at that time. For, he said, “Your father and his men are mighty men and their
minds would be on edge as a bear that has been robbed of his cub. And besides your father is a man of war, and
will not lodge with the people.” He told Absalom, “I am sure that even now he
is in some hole or some pit, and it will be that even some of his men may be overcome
at first, there will be an alarm raised and for sure all Israel know that your
father’s heart is as the heart of a lion. Therefore my counsel is that all Israel
from Dan to Beersheba will eventually turn to you as numberless as the sands of
the seashore. But for now I counsel not to go to battle against your father,
but to wait.”
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