2 Samuel 17:6-8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ So Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom told him, ‘Ahithophel offered this proposal. Should we carry out his proposal? If not, what do you say? ’

⁷ Hushai replied to Absalom, ‘The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.’ ⁸ Hushai continued, ‘You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs.^(A) Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.