2 Samuel 17:1

Ahithophel's Advice

¹ Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight. ² I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

Twelve Thousand

Absalom

Ahithophel

David

Psalm 3:3-5

But You, O Lord, are a shield about me,
My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

Psalm 4:8

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

Psalm 109:2-4

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Isaiah 59:7-8

Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.