2 Samuel 17:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ Hushai then answered Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

⁸ “For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are strong men and bitter, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Also, your father is a valiant warrior and will not lodge with the people.

⁹ “Behold, he is hidden now in some cave, or in some place. And when some of them are overthrown at first, the people shall hear and say, ‘The people who follow Absalom have been slaughtered!’