Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men and leave tonight to go after David.
In those days both David and Absalom thought that Ahithophel’s advice was like getting an answer from God.
I’ll attack him while he’s tired and weak, and I’ll cause him to panic. All the people with him will flee, but I’ll kill only him.
I fall asleep in peace the moment I lie down because you alone, O Lord, enable me to live securely.
because they rush to do evil and hurry to shed blood.
Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.