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So David and his men went on their way, and Shimei kept pace with him along the opposite mountainside, cursing as he went, throwing stones and flinging dust. (2 Samuel 16, 13)
When Hushai the Archite, David's friend, reached Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, 'Long live the king! Long live the king!' (2 Samuel 16, 16)
At the time, whatever advice Ahithophel gave was treated like a decision obtained from God; as by David, so by Absalom, was all Ahithophel's advice regarded. (2 Samuel 16, 23)
Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men and set off this very night in pursuit of David. (2 Samuel 17, 1)
You know', Hushai went on, 'that your father and his men are great fighters and that they are now as angry as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is a man of war: he will not let the army rest during the night. (2 Samuel 17, 8)
At this moment he is concealed in some hollow or other place. If at the outset there are casualties among our troops, word will go round that the army supporting Absalom has met with disaster. (2 Samuel 17, 9)
Send with all speed to David and say, "Do not camp in the desert passes tonight, but get through them as fast as you can, or the king and his whole army may be annihilated." ' (2 Samuel 17, 16)
Jonathan and Ahimaaz were posted at the Fuller's Spring; a servant-girl was to go and warn them and they in turn were to warn King David, since they could not give themselves away by coming into the city themselves. (2 Samuel 17, 17)
When they had gone, the men climbed out of the storage-well and went to warn King David. 'Set out!' they told David. 'Cross the water quickly, for Ahithophel has given such and such advice against you!' (2 Samuel 17, 21)
So David and all the troops with him set off and crossed the Jordan. By dawn no one was left, all had crossed the Jordan. (2 Samuel 17, 22)
David had reached Mahanaim by the time that Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. (2 Samuel 17, 24)
Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in place of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man called Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab. (2 Samuel 17, 25)
