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

³⁴ But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ^(A)‘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.