Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:(2 Samuel 17:1)

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:(2 Samuel 17:2)

And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.(2 Samuel 17:3)

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.(2 Samuel 17:5)

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.(2 Samuel 17:6)

And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.(2 Samuel 17:7)

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2 Samuel 17:4 - Cross Reference

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Romans 1:32)

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. (2 Chronicles 30:4)

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (1 Samuel 18:20)

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: (Esther 1:21)

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. (1 Samuel 23:21)

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. (Esther 5:14)