17:11-13
This is the part that may have won Absalom over to Hushai’s plan. Un Ahithophel’s scheme Absalom was not directly involved, under Hushai’s plan Absalom was leading the army, so the glory would go to him, for he would be leading them into battle. Absalom would lead a vast army and fall upon David and his men, killing all of them. The bit about what happens if David seeks refuge in a city, and bringing it down with ropes is probably poetic language.
17:14
Both Absalom and “all the men of Israel” now change their minds and decide that Hushai’s plan is the better option. The writer adds that “the Lord had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom”. As I have said many times before, the sovereignty of God and human responsibility are not in conflict as far as the Bible is concerned.
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