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And Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father; then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.'

הַבָּ֑יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.--

הָאֹ֖הֶל (הָ) ha. “the”הַגָּ֑ג (הַ) ha. “the”

Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

הָהֵ֔ם (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;

הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (הַ) ha. “this”

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;

הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

and I will bring back all the people unto thee; when all shall have returned, save the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'

הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַכֹּ֔ל (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָאִישׁ֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “the”

Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'

הָאַרְכִּ֑י (הָ) ha. “the”

And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'

הַזֶּה֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.'

הָעֵצָ֛ה (הָ) ha. “the”הַזֹּֽאת׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Hushai said moreover: 'Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered 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.

הָעָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;

הַפְּחָתִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַמְּקוֹמֹ֑ת (הַ) ha. “the”הַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

then even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

הָאַרְיֵ֖ה (הָ) ha. “<the>”

But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

הַיָּ֖ם (הַ) hai. “the”

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 we will not leave so much as one.

הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַטַּ֖ל (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֲדָמָ֑ה (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (הָ) ha. “the”

Moreover, if he withdraw himself into a city, then shall all Israel bring up ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the valley until there be not one small stone found there.'

הָעִ֥יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַהִ֖יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַנַּ֔חַל (הַ) ha. “the”

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 ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

הָאַרְכִּ֔י (הָ) ha. “the”הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָרָעָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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 counselled.

הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but in any wise pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.'

הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (הַ) ha. “this”הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David; for they might not be seen to come into the city.

הַשִּׁפְחָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִֽירָה׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.

הָאִשָּׁ֗ה (הָ) ha. “the”הַמָּסָךְ֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַבְּאֵ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרִפ֑וֹת (הָֽ) ha. “the”

And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

הָאִשָּׁ֜ה (הָ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֗יְתָה (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (הָֽ) ha. “the”הַמָּ֑יִם (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David: 'Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'

מֵֽהַבְּאֵ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”הַמַּ֔יִם (הַ) ha. “the”

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.

הָעָם֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן (הַ) hai. “the”הַבֹּ֗קֶר (הַ) ha. “the”הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (הַ) hai. “the”

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

הַחֲמ֗וֹר (הַ) ha. “the”