2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Yahuah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Yahuah might bring evil upon Absalom.

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

12 So 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 with him there shall not be left so much as one.

13 Moreover, 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.

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Yahuah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Yahuah might bring evil upon Absalom.

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.

16 Now 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 with him.

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