Bible Cross References
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2 Samuel 15:20
You have lived here only a short time, so why should I make you wander around with me? I don't even know where I'm going. Go back and take all your people with you---and may the LORD be kind and faithful to you."
Joshua 8:2
You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear."
Matthew 10:16
"Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.
as I have been
2 Samuel 16:16-19
16
When Hushai, David's trusted friend, met Absalom, he shouted, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
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"What has happened to your loyalty to your friend David?" Absalom asked him. "Why didn't you go with him?"
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Hushai answered, "How could I? I am for the one chosen by the LORD, by these people, and by all the Israelites. I will stay with you.
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After all, whom should I serve, if not my master's son? As I served your father, so now I will serve you."
then mayest
2 Samuel 17:5-14
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Absalom said, "Now call Hushai, and let us hear what he has to say."
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When Hushai arrived, Absalom said to him, "This is the advice that Ahithophel has given us; shall we follow it? If not, you tell us what to do."
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Hushai answered, "The advice Ahithophel gave you this time is no good.
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You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.
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Right now he is probably hiding in a cave or some other place. As soon as David attacks your men, whoever hears about it will say that your men have been defeated.
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Then even the bravest men, as fearless as lions, will be afraid because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great soldier and that his men are hard fighters.
11
My advice is that you bring all the Israelites together from one end of the country to the other, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and that you lead them personally in battle.
12
We will find David wherever he is, and attack him before he knows what's happening. Neither he nor any of his men will survive.
13
If he retreats into a city, our people will all bring ropes and just pull the city into the valley below. Not a single stone will be left there on top of the hill."
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Absalom and all the Israelites said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." The LORD had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would not be followed, so that disaster would come on Absalom.