2 Sam 16:11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.
2 Sam 16:12 "Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day."
2 Sam 16:13 So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him.
2 Sam 16:14 The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary and he refreshed himself there.
2 Sam 16:15 ¶ Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2 Sam 16:16 Now it came about when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
2 Sam 16:17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"
2 Sam 16:18 Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No! For whom the LORD, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
2 Sam 16:19 "Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so I will be in your presence."
2 Sam 16:20 ¶ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"
2 Sam 16:21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened."
2 Sam 16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2 Sam 16:23 The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.
2 Sam 17:1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.
2 Sam 17:2 "I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,
2 Sam 17:3 and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace."
2 Sam 17:4 So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
2 Sam 17:5 ¶ Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
2 Sam 17:6 When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Shall we carry out his plan? If not, you speak."
2 Sam 17:7 So Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good."