1. Not long after that, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and tonight I will set out after David.
2. I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened, and all his men will run away. I will kill only the king
3. and then bring back all his men to you, like a bride returning to her husband. You want to kill only one man; the rest of the people will be safe.”
4. This seemed like good advice to Absalom and all the Israelite leaders.
28-29. They brought bowls, clay pots, and bedding, and also food for David and his men: wheat, barley, meal, roasted grain, beans, peas, honey, cheese, cream, and some sheep. They knew that David and his men would be hungry, thirsty, and tired in the wilderness.