H53And AbsalomH376and all the menH3478of IsraelH559said[H8799] H6098, The counselH2365of HushaiH757the ArchiteH2896is betterH6098than the counselH302of AhithophelH3068. For the LORDH6680had appointed[H8765] H6565to defeat[H8687] H2896the goodH6098counselH302of AhithophelH5668, to the intentH3068that the LORDH935might bring[H8687] H7451evilH53upon Absalom.
H302And when AhithophelH7200saw[H8804] H6098that his counselH6213was not followed[H8738] H2280, he saddled[H8799] H2543his assH6965, and arose[H8799] H3212, and gat him home[H8799] H1004to his houseH5892, to his cityH1004, and put his householdH6680in order[H8762] H2614, and hanged[H8735] H4191himself, and died[H8799] H6912, and was buried[H8735] H6913in the sepulchreH1of his father.
H1696And it came to pass, as he talked[H8763] H559with him, that the king said[H8799] H5414unto him, Art thou made[H8804] H4428of the king'sH3289counsel[H8802] H2308? forbear[H8798] H5221; why shouldest thou be smitten[H8686] H5030? Then the prophetH2308forbare[H8799] H559, and said[H8799] H3045, I know[H8804] H430that GodH3289hath determined[H8804] H7843to destroy[H8687] H6213thee, because thou hast done[H8804] H8085this, and hast not hearkened[H8804] H6098unto my counsel.
H1732And when DavidH8085heard[H8799] H5037that NabalH4191was dead[H8804] H559, he said[H8799] H1288, Blessed[H8803] H3068be the LORDH7378, that hath pleaded[H8804] H7379the causeH2781of my reproachH3027from the handH5037of NabalH2820, and hath kept[H8804] H5650his servantH7451from evilH3068: for the LORDH7725hath returned[H8689] H7451the wickednessH5037of NabalH7218upon his own headH1732. And DavidH7971sent[H8799] H1696and communed[H8762] H26with AbigailH3947, to take[H8800] H802her to him to wife.
H120Yet a manH6965is risen[H8799] H7291to pursue[H8800] H1245thee, and to seek[H8763] H5315thy soulH5315: but the soulH113of my lordH6887shall be bound[H8803] H6872in the bundleH2416of lifeH3068with the LORDH430thy GodH5315; and the soulsH341of thine enemies[H8802] H7049, them shall he sling out[H8762] H8432, as out of the middleH3709 H7050of a sling.