1. And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
2. And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
3. And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
4. And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
5. But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
6. And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
7. And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
8. And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.