Ahithophel also said to Absalom, “Now, let me choose 12,000 men to chase David tonight.
The wicked cannot sleep until they have done something evil. They will not rest until they bring someone down.
When I go to bed, I sleep in peace, because, Lord, you keep me safe.
They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.
So in those days Ahithophel’s advice was very important. Both David and Absalom accepted his advice as though it were the word of God.
I will catch him while he is tired and weak. I will frighten him, and all his people will run away. But I will kill only King David.