2Sa 15:31-36 | ESV | STEP | And it was told David , Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom . And David said , O Lord , please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness .

2 Samuel 15:31-36

31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please ^aturn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

32 While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai ^bthe Archite came to meet him ^cwith his coat torn and ^ddirt on his head. 33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be ^ea burden to me. 34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ^f‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. 35 Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king’s house, ^gtell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, ^htheir two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son, ⁱand by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”