2Sa 17:14 | HCSB | STEP | Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin , Absalom and all the men of Israel said , “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice .”

2 Samuel 17:14

14 Since the Lord had decreed ^a that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined ^b in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”