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2 Sam. 15:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellory, from his city, even from Giloha, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the peopled increased continually with Absalom.

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Psa. 41:9• ⁹Even the man of my peace in whom I confided,{HR}Eating my bread, hath lifted the heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)

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Psa. 55:12‑14• ¹²For [it was] not an enemy reproached me:{HR}Then I had borne [it];{HR}Neither did he that hateth me magnify [himself] against me:{HR}Then had I hidden myself from him;
¹³But thou, a man mine equal,{HR}Mine intimate, my familiar!
¹⁴We who together sweetened counsel,{HR}To the house of God we walked in the throng. (Psa. 55:12‑14)

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Josh. 15:51• ⁵¹{i}and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.{/i} (Josh. 15:51)

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Psa. 3:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David, on his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son.{HR}Jehovah, how have my persecutors multiplied!{HR}Many are rising up against me.
²Many are saying concerning my soul,{HR}"There is no deliverance for him in God." Selah. (Psa. 3:1‑2)

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Ahithophel.

2 Sam. 15:31• ³¹{i}And one told David saying{/i}, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. {i}Then said David{/i}, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)

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2 Sam. 16:20‑23• ²⁰{i}And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.{/i}
²¹{i}And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art become odious with thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strong.{/i}
²²{i}So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.{/i}
²³{i}And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.{/i} (2 Sam. 16:20‑23)

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2 Sam. 17:14,23• ¹⁴{i}And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.{/i}
²³{i}And{/i} when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:14,23)

David's.

Psa. 41:9• ⁹Even the man of my peace in whom I confided,{HR}Eating my bread, hath lifted the heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)

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Psa. 55:12‑14• ¹²For [it was] not an enemy reproached me:{HR}Then I had borne [it];{HR}Neither did he that hateth me magnify [himself] against me:{HR}Then had I hidden myself from him;
¹³But thou, a man mine equal,{HR}Mine intimate, my familiar!
¹⁴We who together sweetened counsel,{HR}To the house of God we walked in the throng. (Psa. 55:12‑14)

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Mic. 7:5‑6• ⁵Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
⁶For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. (Mic. 7:5‑6)

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John 13:18• ¹⁸I speak not of you all: I know whom I chose out, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. (John 13:18)

Giloh.

Josh. 15:51• ⁵¹{i}and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.{/i} (Josh. 15:51)

while he offered.

Num. 23:1,14,30• ¹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
¹⁴{i}And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.{/i}
³⁰{i}And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.{/i} (Num. 23:1,14,30)

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1 Kings 21:9,12• ⁹{i}And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;{/i}
¹²{i}they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.{/i} (1 Kings 21:9,12)

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Psa. 50:16‑21• ¹⁶And to the wicked God saith,{HR}What [is it] to thee , to declare my statutes,{HR}And take my covenant into thy mouth?
¹⁷And thou hast hated correction,{HR}And hast cast my words behind thee.
¹⁸If thou sawest a thief,{HR}Thou didst take pleasure in him ,{HR}And with adulterers [was] thy portion.
¹⁹Thy mouth thou hast sent out (let loose) to evil,{HR}And thy tongue frameth deceit.
²⁰Thou sittest, thou speakest against thy brother;{HR}Against thy mother's son thou utterest slander.
²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes. (Psa. 50:16‑21)

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Prov. 21:27• ²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;{HR}How much more [when] he bringeth it with a wicked purpose! (Prov. 21:27)

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Isa. 1:10‑16• ¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes. (Isa. 1:10‑16)

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Titus 1:16• ¹⁶They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:16)

the people.

Psa. 3:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David, on his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son.{HR}Jehovah, how have my persecutors multiplied!{HR}Many are rising up against me.
²Many are saying concerning my soul,{HR}"There is no deliverance for him in God." Selah. (Psa. 3:1‑2)

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Psa. 43:1‑2• ¹Judge me, O God, and plead my cause with an ungodly nation;{HR}From a man of deceit and iniquity do thou deliver me.
²For thou [art] the God of my refuge: why hast thou cast me off?{HR}Why do I walk mourning under the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 43:1‑2)

• He will pretend to have not only a kingly place but a prophet-character, an understanding of the mind of God, just as Ahithophel here, as we see, who had been David's counselor before but is now Absalom's. There is thus a combination of the false prophet with royalty. These at the close will be united in the antichrist. (“2 Samuel 15” by W. Kelly)

• On the one hand royal power (and this was what Absalom was affecting for himself); but along with it there was joined with him a falsely prophetic character typified by Ahithophel. The two were connected together, just as we saw Saul himself at the last finding his resource in the witch of Endor. There was an evil spiritual adviser of the lowest kind to which he was driven. See too Pharaoh and the magicians, also Balak and Balaam. So constantly are these two characters linked in opposition to the Christ of God. (“2 Samuel 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offeredb the sacrifices. And the conspiracy gathered strength; and the people increased continually with Absalom.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "sacrificed the sacrifices," see Deut. 12.15.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.