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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 17:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 17:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And when Ahithophel [0302] saw [07200] that his counsel [06098] was not followed [06213], he saddled [02280] his ass [02543], and arose [06965], and gat him home [03212] to his house [01004], to his city [05892], and put his household [01004] in order [06680], and hanged [02614] himself, and died [04191], and was buried [06912] in the sepulchre [06913] of his father [01]. |
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King James |
And 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
AHITHOPHEL HANGS HIMSELF. (Sa2 17:23-29)
when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed--His vanity was wounded, his pride mortified on finding that his ascendency was gone; but that chagrin was aggravated by other feelings--a painful conviction that through the delay which had been resolved on, the cause of Absalom was lost. Hastening home, therefore, he arranged his private affairs, and knowing that the storm of retributive vengeance would fall chiefly upon him as the instigator and prop of the rebellion, he hanged himself. It may be remarked that the Israelites did not, at that time, refuse the rites of sepulture even to those who died by their own hands. He had an imitator in Judas, who resembled him in his treason, as well as in his infamous end. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| To his city - To Giloh (marginal reference). Ahithophel was probably influenced by deep mortification at the slight put upon him by rejecting his counsel. He is a memorable example of the impotence of worldly wisdom. Compare the marginal reference. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| It is still further stated in conclusion, that when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not carried out, he saddled his ass and returned to his home, and there set his house in order and hanged himself, because he could foresee that Absalom would lose his cause through not taking his advice, and it would then be all over with himself. Thus was David's prayer (Sa2 15:31) fulfilled. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hanged himself - See here contempt poured upon the wisdom of man! He that was more renowned for policy than ever any man was, played the fool with himself more than ever any man did. See likewise honour done to the justice of God! The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Put his household in order - This self-murder could not be called lunacy, as every step to it was deliberate. He foresaw Absalom's ruin; and he did not choose to witness it, and share in the disgrace: and he could expect no mercy at the hands of David. He was a very bad man, and died an unprepared and accursed death. |
23 And when Ahithophel [0302] saw [07200] that his counsel [06098] was not followed [06213], he saddled [02280] his ass [02543], and arose [06965], and gat him home [03212] to his house [01004], to his city [05892], and put his household [01004] in order [06680], and hanged [02614] himself, and died [04191], and was buried [06912] in the sepulchre [06913] of his father [01].
24 Then David [01732] came [0935] to Mahanaim [04266]. And Absalom [053] passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], he and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] with him.
25 And Absalom [053] made [07760] Amasa [06021] captain of the host [06635] instead of Joab [03097]: which Amasa [06021] was a man's [0376] son [01121], whose name [08034] was Ithra [03501] an Israelite [03481], that went in [0935] to Abigail [026] the daughter [01323] of Nahash [05176], sister [0269] to Zeruiah [06870] Joab's [03097] mother [0517].
26 So Israel [03478] and Absalom [053] pitched [02583] in the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].
27 And it came to pass, when David [01732] was come [0935] to Mahanaim [04266], that Shobi [07629] the son [01121] of Nahash [05176] of Rabbah [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988] of Lodebar [03810], and Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] of Rogelim [07274],
28 Brought [05066] beds [04904], and basons [05592], and earthen [03335] vessels [03627], and wheat [02406], and barley [08184], and flour [07058], and parched [07039] corn, and beans [06321], and lentiles [05742], and parched [07039] pulse,
29 And honey [01706], and butter [02529], and sheep [06629], and cheese [08194] of kine [01241], for David [01732], and for the people [05971] that were with him, to eat [0398]: for they said [0559], The people [05971] is hungry [07457], and weary [05889], and thirsty [06771], in the wilderness [04057].
31 And one told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Ahithophel [0302] is among the conspirators [07194] with Absalom [053]. And David [01732] said [0559], O LORD [03068], I pray thee, turn the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302] into foolishness [05528].