Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Evyatar the kohanim, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Avshalom and the elders of Yisrael; and thus and thus have I counselled.
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.