וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם קְרָ֣א נָ֔א גַּ֖ם לְחוּשַׁ֣י הָאַרְכִּ֑י וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥ה מַה־בְּפִ֖יו גַּם־הֽוּא׃
Then said Absalom: ‘Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.’
Read midrashic interpretation of II Samuel 17:5: and classical rabbinic exegesis.