And the sons of Dan said to him, Do not let your voice be heard among us lest we, men bitter in soul, fall on you, and take away your life, and the lives of your household.
And Hushai said, You have known your father and his men, that they are mighty men. And they are bitter of soul, like a bear bereaved of cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and shall not stay the night with the people.
Let darkness and the shadow of death seize upon it. Let a cloud dwell on it; let darkness of day terrify it! Let it not be joined to the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and the priest, and you are going, and what more do I have? What is this you say to me, What ails you?
And David was greatly distressed, for the people said to stone him. For the soul of the people was bitter, each man for his sons and for his daughters. And David made himself strong in Jehovah his God.