5 Then said Absalom, Call now bHushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise †what he saith. 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his †saying? if not; speak thou. 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath †given is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be †chafed in their minds, as ca bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be †overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly dmelt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, efrom Dan even to Beer-sheba, fas the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and †that thou go to battle in thine own person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one gsmall stone found there.