The Counsel of Ahithophel Is Better Than the Counsel of Absalom

Hushai the arkite said to absalom, this time the counsel which ahithophel has given is not good. Hushai: You know that your father and his men are mighty men; they are enraged like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground. If he withdraws into a city, then all israel will bring ropes to that city,. And we shall drag it into the valley until not even a pebble can be found there. By daybreak, not one was left who had