“ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. ”
Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal ( 2 Samuel 4:4 ), with a present of two asses laden with provisions. Ziba, representing that Meri-baa...
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
When king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out—Shimei—and cursed.— This vile and calumnious treatment of Shimei was one of the severest trials of patience that ever human magnanimity endu...
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. Give counsel among you what we shall do. This is the first cabinet council on record, although the deference paid to...
Ziba, Shimei, and Ahithophel David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise counsel of Ahithophel.
CHAPTER XXII. ABSALOM IN COUNCIL . 2 Samuel 16:15-23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 . WE must now return to Jerusalem, and trace the course of events there on that memorable day when Dav...
the True King's Loyal Friend 2 Samuel 16:13-23 There are always some alleviations in our trials. Every cloud is edged with a silver or golden fringe. Shimei may curse, but Ittai swears allegian...
David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduce an absent friend, was utterly despicable, and th...
(20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. (21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all...
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel ,.... Having two such able counsellors as he and Hushai, he directs his speech to Ahithophel, as being his first and chief counsellor: give counsel among you what w...
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. Ver. 20. Then said, Absalom to Ahithophel. ] As president of his council: Hushai was present, but forced to dissemble at t...
Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisins and summer fruits, as well as a skin of wine. Q...
Hushai Deceives Absalom; Ahithophel's Wicked Counsel. B. C. 1023. 15 And Absalom, and...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:20 . “Give counsel,” etc. This is the first cabinet council on record.” (Jamieson) . 2 Samuel 16:21 . “Go in unto,” etc. “This advice was sagaci...
2 Samuel 16:3 . Where is thy master's son? Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth, a prince at the mercy of a covetous and a lying se...
And Absalom, and all the people of the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem. Absalom in council When Absalom came to the city there was no trace of an enemy to oppose him. His supporters in Jerusal...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 16:1 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth . It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself, that unscrupulous men use them for selfish purpo...
The Counsel of Ahithophel
Acts 4:23-28 ; Exodus 1:10 ; Isaiah 29:15 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Matthew 27:1 ; Proverbs 21:30 ; Psalms 2:2 ; Psalms 37:12 ; Psalms 37:13