2 Samuel 17:2-4

World English Bible

² I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only, ³ and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”

⁴ The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.