2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for ¹  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ² 

2 Samuel 17:14

17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided ³  to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.

[17:5]  ¹ tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”

[17:14]  ³ tn Heb “commanded.”