亚希多弗计谋落空
1亚希多弗对押沙龙说：“让我挑选一万二千人，今夜启程追赶大卫， 2趁他疲惫无力的时候袭击他，使他惊慌失措，他的部下必逃命。我只把王一个人杀掉， 3把他的部下全都带来归顺你。你寻索的人既然死了，跟随他的人必然会归顺你。这样，大家就平安无事了。” 4押沙龙和以色列的长老都赞成这个提议。
5押沙龙说：“召亚基人户筛进来，我们也听听他的意见。” 6户筛来了，押沙龙就把亚希多弗的建议告诉他，问他：“我们应该照亚希多弗的提议去做吗？如果不可行，说说你的看法吧。” 7户筛答道：“亚希多弗这次的主意不好！ 8你知道你父亲和他的部下，他们都是勇士，现在他们就像丢了熊崽的母熊一样凶猛。况且你父亲是个身经百战的人，他一定不会跟部下睡在一处。 9他现在可能藏在山洞或某个地方。要是他袭击我们的人马，听见的人会说押沙龙的军队惨败了。 10那时候，你手下的人再胆量过人，也会胆战心惊。因为全以色列都知道你父亲是英雄，他的部下都是勇士。 11因此，我认为你应该把从但到别示巴的那多如海沙的以色列人都聚集起来，然后你亲自率领他们出征。 12这样不管在哪里找到大卫，我们就像露水一样铺天盖地袭击他，让他全军覆没。 13如果大卫退进一座城里，我们以色列全军就拿绳索把那城拉到河谷，连一块石头都不留。”
14押沙龙和以色列众人都说：“亚基人户筛的主意比亚希多弗的好！”其实是耶和华决定破坏亚希多弗的巧计，好把灾祸降在押沙龙身上。
15户筛把亚希多弗和自己为押沙龙及以色列长老所提的建议告诉祭司撒督和亚比亚他， 16并说：“你们现在快派人去通知大卫，告诉他今晚不可在旷野的渡口过夜，务必要渡过约旦河，免得他和部下全军覆没。”
17当时，约拿单和亚希玛斯躲在隐·罗结，不敢进城，怕被人看见。有一个婢女从城中出来给他们报信，他们便去通知大卫王。 18不料，有一个少年发现了他们，就去告诉押沙龙。他们二人急忙逃走，来到巴户琳的一户人家，藏到那家院子里的一口井内， 19那家的妇人用盖子盖上井口，然后在上面撒了一些麦子，没有人知道这件事。 20押沙龙的部下来到妇人家查问约拿单和亚希玛斯的下落，妇人说他们已经过河了。押沙龙的部下就去搜索，结果一无所获，就返回耶路撒冷。 21押沙龙的部下离开后，约拿单和亚希玛斯便从井里爬出来，去向大卫王报信，把亚希多弗的计谋告诉他，请他赶快渡过约旦河。 22大卫王和部下就动身过约旦河，在黎明之前，所有的人都过去了。
23亚希多弗见自己的提议不被接纳，便备上驴，启程回乡，安顿好家事以后，就自缢身亡了。他被安葬在他父亲的墓穴里。
24大卫来到玛哈念，押沙龙也率领以色列全军渡过了约旦河。 25押沙龙任命亚玛撒为元帅，代替约押的位置。亚玛撒是以实玛利人以特拉的儿子，母亲是拿辖的女儿亚比该。亚比该与约押的母亲洗鲁雅是姊妹。 26押沙龙和以色列人在基列地区安营。
27大卫来到玛哈念，受到亚扪族拉巴人拿辖的儿子朔比、罗·底巴人亚米利的儿子玛吉和基列的罗基琳人巴西莱的热情招待。 28他们带来被褥、碗盆、瓦器、小麦、大麦、面粉、炒麦、豆子、扁豆、 29蜂蜜、奶油、绵羊和奶酪，送给大卫和跟随他的人，因为他们想：“众人在旷野跋涉，一定饥渴疲乏了。”
1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2And 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: 3And 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. 4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.17.4 pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc 5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.17.5 what…: Heb. what is in his mouth 6And 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.17.6 his saying: Heb. his word 7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.17.7 given: Heb. counselled 8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.17.8 chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul 9Behold, 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.17.9 overthrown: Heb. fallen 10And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.17.11 that thou…: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc 12So 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. 13Moreover, 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 small stone found there. 14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.17.14 appointed: Heb. commanded
15¶ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. 18Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. 19And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 20And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.17.23 followed: Heb. done17.23 put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house 24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.17.25 Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite17.25 Abigail: Heb. Abigal17.25 Nahash: or, Jesse 26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27¶ And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,17.28 basons: or, cups 29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
