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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• ⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)

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Psa. 55:12‑14• ¹²For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me--then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me--then would I have hidden myself from him;
¹³But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. …
¹⁴We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. (Psa. 55:12‑14)

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

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Psa. 3:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
²Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him in God. Selah. (Psa. 3:1‑2)

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Ahithophel.

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

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2 Sam. 16:20‑23• ²⁰And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
²¹And 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.
²²So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
²³And 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. (2 Sam. 16:20‑23)

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2 Sam. 17:14,23• ¹⁴And 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.
²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:14,23)

David's.

Psa. 41:9• ⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)

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Psa. 55:12‑14• ¹²For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me--then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me--then would I have hidden myself from him;
¹³But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. …
¹⁴We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. (Psa. 55:12‑14)

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Mic. 7:5‑6• ⁵Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: 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 household. (Mic. 7:5‑6)

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John 13:18• ¹⁸I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. (John 13:18)

Giloh.

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

while he offered.

Num. 23:1,14,30• ¹And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
¹⁴And 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.
³⁰And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. (Num. 23:1,14,30)

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

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Psa. 50:16‑21• ¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
¹⁷Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
¹⁸When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
¹⁹Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
²⁰Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but 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 abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose! (Prov. 21:27)

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Isa. 1:10‑16• ¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand--to tread my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me,--new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations--wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
¹⁴Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing 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;--cease to do evil, (Isa. 1:10‑16)

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Titus 1:16• ¹⁶They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work. (Titus 1:16)

the people.

Psa. 3:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
²Many say of my soul, There is no salvation 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 against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.
²For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of 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.