But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: 'I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father's servant, but now I will be your servant.' Cross References 2 Samuel 16:16 And David's friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" 2 Samuel 16:19 Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father's presence, so also I will serve in yours." 2 Samuel 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom. Treasury of Scripture But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant till now, so will I now also be your servant: then may you for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. return 2 Samuel 15:20 Joshua 8:2 Matthew 10:16 as I have been 2 Samuel 16:16-19 then mayest 2 Samuel 17:5-14 |