2 Samuel 17:8
King James Version
“For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they mighty men, and they chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.”
Context
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do his saying? if not; speak thou.
7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given not good at this time.
8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they mighty men, and they chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
10And he also valiant, whose heart as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father a mighty man, and which with him valiant men.
11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.