Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For YHWH had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that YHWH might bring evil on Absalom.
“Woe to the rebellious children”, says YHWH, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
He said to them, “What counsel do y’all give? What answer should we return to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.