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1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2and I will come on him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him shall flee; and I will strike the king only; 3and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. 4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:1-4 (WEB)