King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Moreover Ahithophel[H302] said[H559] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] Let me now[H4994] choose out[H977] twelve[H8147] [H6240] thousand[H505] men,[H376] and I will arise[H6965] and pursue[H7291] after[H310] David[H1732] this night: [H3915]

2. And I will come[H935] upon[H5921] him while he[H1931] is weary[H3023] and weak[H7504] handed,[H3027] and will make him afraid:[H2729] [H853] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] are with[H854] him shall flee;[H5127] and I will smite[H5221] [H853] the king[H4428] only: [H905]

3. And I will bring back[H7725] all[H3605] the people[H5971] unto[H413] thee: the man[H376] whom[H834] thou[H859] seekest[H1245] is as if all[H3605] returned:[H7725] so all[H3605] the people[H5971] shall be[H1961] in peace.[H7965]

4. And the saying[H1697] pleased[H3474] Absalom[H53] well,[H5869] and all[H3605] the elders[H2205] of Israel.[H3478]

5. Then said[H559] Absalom,[H53] Call[H7121] now[H4994] Hushai[H2365] the Archite[H757] also,[H1571] and let us hear[H8085] likewise[H1571] what[H4100] he[H1931] saith.[H6310]

6. And when Hushai[H2365] was come[H935] to[H413] Absalom,[H53] Absalom[H53] spoke[H559] unto[H413] him, saying,[H559] Ahithophel[H302] hath spoken[H1696] after this[H2088] manner:[H1697] shall we do[H6213] after[H853] his saying?[H1697] if[H518] not;[H369] speak[H1696] thou.[H859]

7. And Hushai[H2365] said[H559] unto[H413] Absalom,[H53] The counsel[H6098] that[H834] Ahithophel[H302] hath given[H3289] is not[H3808] good[H2896] at this[H2063] time.[H6471]

8. For, said[H559] Hushai,[H2365] thou[H859] knowest[H3045] [H853] thy father[H1] and his men,[H376] that[H3588] they[H1992] be mighty men,[H1368] and they[H1992] be chafed[H4751] in their minds,[H5315] as a bear[H1677] robbed of her whelps[H7909] in the field:[H7704] and thy father[H1] is a man[H376] of war,[H4421] and will not[H3808] lodge[H3885] with[H854] the people.[H5971]

9. Behold,[H2009] he[H1931] is hid[H2244] now[H6258] in some[H259] pit,[H6354] or[H176] in some[H259] other place:[H4725] and it will come to pass,[H1961] when some of them be overthrown[H5307] at the first,[H8462] that whosoever heareth[H8085] [H8085] it will say,[H559] There is[H1961] a slaughter[H4046] among the people[H5971] that[H834] follow[H310] Absalom.[H53]

10. And he[H1931] also[H1571] that is valiant,[H1121] [H2428] whose[H834] heart[H3820] is as the heart[H3820] of a lion,[H738] shall utterly melt:[H4549] [H4549] for[H3588] all[H3605] Israel[H3478] knoweth[H3045] that[H3588] thy father[H1] is a mighty man,[H1368] and they which[H834] be with[H854] him are valiant[H2428] men.[H1121]

11. Therefore[H3588] I counsel[H3289] that all[H3605] Israel[H3478] be generally[H622] gathered[H622] unto[H5921] thee, from Dan[H4480] [H1835] even to[H5704] Beer-sheba,[H884] as the sand[H2344] that[H834] is by[H5921] the sea[H3220] for multitude;[H7230] and that thou go[H1980] to battle[H7128] in thine own person.[H6440]

12. So shall we come[H935] upon[H413] him in some[H259] place[H4725] where[H834] [H8033] he shall be found,[H4672] and we will light[H5117] upon[H5921] him as[H834] the dew[H2919] falleth[H5307] on[H5921] the ground:[H127] and of him and of all[H3605] the men[H376] that[H834] are with[H854] him there shall not[H3808] be left[H3498] so much[H1571] as one.[H259]

13. Moreover, if[H518] he be gotten[H622] into[H413] a city,[H5892] then shall all[H3605] Israel[H3478] bring[H5375] ropes[H2256] to[H413] that[H1931] city,[H5892] and we will draw[H5498] it into[H5704] the river,[H5158] until[H5704] [H834] there be not[H3808] one small[H1571] stone[H6872] found[H4672] there.[H8033]

14. And Absalom[H53] and all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] said,[H559] The counsel[H6098] of Hushai[H2365] the Archite[H757] is better[H2896] than the counsel[H4480] [H6098] of Ahithophel.[H302] For the LORD[H3068] had appointed[H6680] to defeat[H6565] [H853] the good[H2896] counsel[H6098] of Ahithophel,[H302] to the intent[H5668] that the LORD[H3068] might bring[H935] evil[H7451] upon[H413] Absalom.[H53]

15. Then said[H559] Hushai[H2365] unto[H413] Zadok[H6659] and to[H413] Abiathar[H54] the priests,[H3548] Thus[H2063] and thus[H2063] did Ahithophel[H302] counsel[H3289] [H853] Absalom[H53] and the elders[H2205] of Israel;[H3478] and thus[H2063] and thus[H2063] have I[H589] counseled.[H3289]

16. Now[H6258] therefore send[H7971] quickly,[H4120] and tell[H5046] David,[H1732] saying,[H559] Lodge[H3885] not[H408] this night[H3915] in the plains[H6160] of the wilderness,[H4057] but[H1571] speedily[H5674] pass over;[H5674] lest[H6435] the king[H4428] be swallowed up,[H1104] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] are with[H854] him.

17. Now Jonathan[H3083] and Ahimaaz[H290] stayed[H5975] by En-rogel;[H5883] for[H3588] they might[H3201] not[H3808] be seen[H7200] to come[H935] into the city:[H5892] and a wench[H8198] went[H1980] and told[H5046] them; and they[H1992] went[H1980] and told[H5046] king[H4428] David.[H1732]

18. Nevertheless a lad[H5288] saw[H7200] them, and told[H5046] Absalom:[H53] but they went[H1980] both[H8147] of them away quickly,[H4120] and came[H935] to[H413] a man's[H376] house[H1004] in Bahurim,[H980] which had a well[H875] in his court;[H2691] whither[H8033] they went down.[H3381]

19. And the woman[H802] took[H3947] and spread[H6566] [H853] a covering[H4539] over[H5921] the well's[H875] mouth,[H6440] and spread[H7849] ground corn[H7383] thereon;[H5921] and the thing[H1697] was not[H3808] known.[H3045]

20. And when Absalom's[H53] servants[H5650] came[H935] to[H413] the woman[H802] to the house,[H1004] they said,[H559] Where[H346] is Ahimaaz[H290] and Jonathan?[H3083] And the woman[H802] said[H559] unto them, They be gone over[H5674] the brook[H4323] of water.[H4325] And when they had sought[H1245] and could not[H3808] find[H4672] them, they returned[H7725] to Jerusalem.[H3389]

21. And it came to pass,[H1961] after[H310] they were departed,[H1980] that they came up[H5927] out of the well,[H4480] [H875] and went[H1980] and told[H5046] king[H4428] David,[H1732] and said[H559] unto[H413] David,[H1732] Arise,[H6965] and pass quickly over[H5674] [H4120] [H853] the water:[H4325] for[H3588] thus[H3602] hath Ahithophel[H302] counseled[H3289] against[H5921] you.

22. Then David[H1732] arose,[H6965] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, and they passed over[H5674] [H853] Jordan:[H3383] by[H5704] the morning[H1242] light[H216] there lacked[H5737] not[H3808] one[H259] of them that[H834] was not[H3808] gone over[H5674] [H853] Jordan.[H3383]

23. And when Ahithophel[H302] saw[H7200] that[H3588] his counsel[H6098] was not[H3808] followed,[H6213] he saddled[H2280] his[H853] ass,[H2543] and arose,[H6965] and got[H1980] him home to[H413] his house,[H1004] to[H413] his city,[H5892] and put[H6680] [H413] his household[H1004] in order, and hanged himself,[H2614] and died,[H4191] and was buried[H6912] in the sepulcher[H6913] of his father.[H1]

24. Then David[H1732] came[H935] to Mahanaim.[H4266] And Absalom[H53] passed over[H5674] [H853] Jordan,[H3383] he[H1931] and all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] with[H5973] him.

25. And Absalom[H53] made[H7760] Amasa[H6021] captain[H5921] of the host[H6635] instead[H8478] of Joab:[H3097] which Amasa[H6021] was a man's[H376] son,[H1121] whose name[H8034] was Ithra[H3501] an Israelite,[H3481] that[H834] went[H935] in to[H413] Abigail[H26] the daughter[H1323] of Nahash,[H5176] sister[H269] to Zeruiah[H6870] Joab's[H3097] mother.[H517]

26. So Israel[H3478] and Absalom[H53] pitched[H2583] in the land[H776] of Gilead.[H1568]

27. And it came to pass,[H1961] when David[H1732] was come[H935] to Mahanaim,[H4266] that Shobi[H7629] the son[H1121] of Nahash[H5176] of Rabbah[H4480] [H7237] of the children[H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] and Machir[H4353] the son[H1121] of Ammiel[H5988] of Lo-debar,[H4480] [H3810] and Barzillai[H1271] the Gileadite[H1569] of Rogelim,[H4480] [H7274]

28. Brought[H5066] beds,[H4904] and basins,[H5592] and earthen[H3335] vessels,[H3627] and wheat,[H2406] and barley,[H8184] and flour,[H7058] and parched[H7039] corn, and beans,[H6321] and lentils,[H5742] and parched[H7039] pulse,

29. And honey,[H1706] and butter,[H2529] and sheep,[H6629] and cheese[H8194] of kine,[H1241] for David,[H1732] and for the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, to eat:[H398] for[H3588] they said,[H559] The people[H5971] is hungry,[H7457] and weary,[H5889] and thirsty,[H6771] in the wilderness.[H4057]