17:7 Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.” 1 17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. 2 Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
1 tn Heb “Not good is the advice which Ahithophel has advised at this time.”
2 tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”