1. Ahithophel said to Absalom:Let me choose twelve thousand men and attack David tonight,
2. while he is tired and discouraged. He will panic, and everyone with him will run away. I won't kill anyone except David,
3. since he's the one you want to get rid of. Then I'll bring the whole nation back to you like a bride coming home to her husband. This way there won't be a civil war.
4. Absalom and all the leaders of the tribes of Israel agreed that Ahithophel had a good plan.
5. Then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Archite. Let's hear what he has to say.”
28-29. Here is a list of what they brought: sleeping mats, blankets, bowls, pottery jars, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, yoghurt, sheep, and cheese.They brought the food for David and the others because they knew that everyone would be hungry, tired, and thirsty from being out in the desert.