Verse 34

but if thou return{H7725} to the city,{H5892} and say{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} I will be thy servant,{H5650} O king;{H4428} as I have been thy father's{H1} servant{H5650} in time past,{H227} so will I now be thy servant;{H5650} then wilt thou defeat{H6565} for me the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel.{H302}

Referenced Verses

• Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do{H6213} to Ai{H5857} and her king{H4428} as thou didst{H6213} unto Jericho{H3405} and her king:{H4428} only the spoil{H7998} thereof, and the cattle{H929} thereof, shall ye take for a prey{H962} unto yourselves: set{H7760} thee an ambush{H693} for the city{H5892} behind{H310} it.
• 2 Sam 15:20 : 20 Whereas thou camest{H935} but yesterday,{H8543} should I this day{H3117} make thee go{H3212} up and down{H5128} with us, seeing I go{H1980} whither I may? return{H7725} thou, and take back{H7725} thy brethren;{H251} mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} be with thee.
• 2 Sam 16:16-19 : 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai{H2365} the Archite,{H757} David's{H1732} friend,{H7463} was come{H935} unto Absalom,{H53} that Hushai{H2365} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} [Long] live{H2421} the king,{H4428} [Long] live{H2421} the king.{H4428} 17 And Absalom{H53} said{H559} to Hushai,{H2365} Is this thy kindness{H2617} to thy friend?{H7453} why wentest{H1980} thou not with thy friend?{H7453} 18 And Hushai{H2365} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} Nay; but whom Jehovah,{H3068} and this people,{H5971} and all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} have chosen,{H977} his will I be, and with him will I abide.{H3427} 19 And again,{H8145} whom should I serve?{H5647} [should I] not [serve] in the presence{H6440} of his son?{H1121} as I have served{H5647} in thy father's{H1} presence,{H6440} so will I be in thy presence.{H6440}
• 2 Sam 17:5-9 : 5 Then said{H559} Absalom,{H53} Call{H7121} now Hushai{H2365} the Archite{H757} also, and let us hear{H8085} likewise what he saith.{H6310} 6 And when Hushai{H2365} was come{H935} to Absalom,{H53} Absalom{H53} spake{H559} unto him, saying,{H559} Ahithophel{H302} hath spoken{H1696} after this manner:{H1697} shall we do{H6213} [after] his saying?{H1697} if not, speak{H1696} thou. 7 And Hushai{H2365} said{H559} unto Absalom,{H53} The counsel{H6098} that Ahithophel{H302} hath given{H3289} this time{H6471} is not good.{H2896} 8 Hushai{H2365} said{H559} moreover, Thou knowest{H3045} thy father{H1} and his men,{H582} that they are mighty men,{H1368} and they are chafed{H4751} in their minds,{H5315} as a bear{H1677} robbed{H7909} of her whelps in the field;{H7704} and thy father{H1} is a man{H376} of war,{H4421} and will not lodge{H3885} with the people.{H5971} 9 Behold, he is hid{H2244} now in some{H259} pit,{H6354} or in some{H259} [other] place:{H4725} and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen{H5307} at the first,{H8462} that whosoever{H8085} heareth{H8085} it will say,{H559} There is a slaughter{H4046} among the people{H5971} that follow{H310} Absalom.{H53} 10 And even he that is valiant,{H1121} whose heart{H3820} is as the heart{H3820} of a lion,{H738} will utterly{H4549} melt;{H4549} for all Israel{H3478} knoweth{H3045} that thy father{H1} is a mighty man,{H1368} and they that are with him are valiant{H2428} men.{H1121} 11 But I counsel{H3289} that all Israel{H3478} be gathered{H622} together{H622} unto thee, from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba,{H884} as the sand{H2344} that is by the sea{H3220} for multitude;{H7230} and that thou go{H1980} to battle{H7128} in thine own person.{H6440} 12 So shall we come{H935} upon him in some{H259} place{H4725} where he shall be found,{H4672} and we will light{H5168} upon him as the dew{H2919} falleth{H5307} on the ground;{H127} and of him and of all the men{H582} that are with him we will not leave{H3498} so much as{H1571} one.{H259} 13 Moreover, if{H518} he be gotten{H622} into a city,{H5892} then shall all Israel{H3478} bring{H5375} ropes{H2256} to that city,{H5892} and we will draw{H5498} it into the river,{H5158} until there be not one{H1571} small stone{H6872} found{H4672} there. 14 And Absalom{H53} and all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} The counsel{H6098} of Hushai{H2365} the Archite{H757} is better{H2896} than the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel.{H302} For Jehovah{H3068} had ordained{H6680} to defeat{H6565} the good{H2896} counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel,{H302} to the intent{H5668} that Jehovah{H3068} might bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon Absalom.{H53}
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold,{G2400} I{G1473} send{G649} you{G5209} forth{G649} as{G5613} sheep{G4263} in{G1722} the midst{G3319} of wolves:{G3074} be ye{G1096} therefore{G3767} wise{G5429} as{G5613} serpents,{G3789} and{G2532} harmless{G185} as{G5613} doves.{G4058}