ound: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and
we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.

17:13. And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes
round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there
shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.

17:14. And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of
Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the
will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that
the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

17:15. And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus
did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and
thus did I counsel them.

17:16. Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not
this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over:
lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him.

17:17. And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there
went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message
to king David, for they might not be seen, nor enter into the city.

17:18. But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making
haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in
his court, and they went down into it.

17:19. And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the
well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known.

17:20. And when Absalom's servants were come into the house, they said
to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered
them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But
they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into
Jerusalem.

17:21. And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going
on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river:
for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.

17:22. So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they
passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was
left that was not gone ever the river.

17:23. But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled
his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and
putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the
sepulchre of his father.

17:24. But David came to the camp,