2 Samuel 17:2-4

Good News Translation

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;^[a] the rest of the people will be safe.” ⁴ This seemed like good advice to Absalom and all the Israelite leaders.