Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite also. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”
Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” “Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness! ”
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
So Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom told him: “Ahithophel offered this proposal. Should we carry out his proposal? If not, what do you say? ”
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’? ”