And Hushai said to Absalom,.... Having leave to give his opinion freely:the counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time; he owns that Ahithophel was a good counsellor, and that the counsel he gave was for the most part, if not always, good, but what he gave at this time was not so; the wisest of men may sometimes be mistaken.
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2 Samuel 17:7
2 Samuel 17:7
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