¹⁰ “All of you are standing today before the Lord your God—your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,

²⁴ When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

³³ So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of^[a] Geba.^(A)

¹⁵ So all the people went to Gilgal, and there in the Lord’s presence^(A) they made Saul king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings^(B) in the Lord’s presence, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

¹⁹ They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

¹⁸ “Not at all,” Hushai answered Absalom. “I am on the side of the one that the Lord, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen. I will stay with him.

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.”

²⁴ David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

⁴¹ Suddenly, all the men of Israel came to the king. They asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and transport the king and his household across the Jordan, along with all of David’s men?”

² So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem remained loyal to their king.^(A)