2 Samuel 17:1

Good News Translation

Not long after that, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and tonight I will set out after David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:23

Any advice that Ahithophel gave in those days was accepted as though it were the very word of God; both David and Absalom followed it.

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king

Psalm 4:8

When I lie down, I go to sleep in peace; you alone, O Lord, keep me perfectly safe.

Proverbs 1:16

They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.