And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
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Gill's Exposition
And one told David,.... That came either from Hebron or from Jerusalem:
Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom; Absalom sent for him, and it seems he came to him, and continued with him,…
Adam Clarke
Turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness - Ahithophel was a wise man, and well versed in state affairs; and God alone could confound his devices.
Nothing, it seems, appeared to David more threatening in Absalom's plot than that Ahithophel was in it; for one good head, in such a design, is worth a thousand good hands. Absalom was himself no…
Hushai commissioned to defeat Ahithophel
30. the ascent ofmount Olivet Lit. by the ascent of Olives: the name mount Olivetis derived from mons olivetiin the Vulgate of Act 1:12. The "mount of Olives"…
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