2 Samuel 16:20

World English Bible (2000)

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."

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  • Exod 1:10 : 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
  • Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Acts 4:23-28 : 23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them; 25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.' 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

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  • 2 Sam 16:21-23
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    87%

    21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong."

    22 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

    23 The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:4-9
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    84%

    4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

    5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."

    6 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up."

    7 Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."

    8 Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

    9 Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!'

  • 2 Sam 15:31
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    31 Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

  • 2 Sam 17:1-2
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    1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

    2 I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;

  • 2 Sam 17:13-15
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    13 Moreover, if he be gone into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn't one small stone found there."

    14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

    15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.

  • 2 Sam 15:10-13
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    10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'"

    11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.

    12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

    13 A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."

  • 2 Sam 15:34-35
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    34 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.'

    35 Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
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    15 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

  • 2 Sam 16:19
    77%

    19 Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."

  • 2 Sam 17:20-21
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    20 Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

    21 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."

  • 2 Sam 15:1-4
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    1 It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

    2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel."

    3 Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."

    4 Absalom said moreover, "Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!"

  • 2 Sam 16:17
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    17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

  • 2 Sam 17:23-24
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    23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
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    24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

  • 2 Sam 13:26-29
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    26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

    27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

    28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!"

    29 The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.

  • 2 Sam 14:31-32
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    31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

    32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent to you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me."'"

  • 2 Sam 15:6-7
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    6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

    7 It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 15:15
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    15 The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

  • 2 Sam 18:4-5
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    4 The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

    5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 27:33
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    33 Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:

  • 1 Kgs 12:9
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    9 He said to them, "What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?'"

  • 2 Sam 20:18
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    18 Then she spoke, saying, "They were used to say in old times, 'They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;' and so they settled it.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
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    10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back?"

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30 The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." He turned aside, and stood still.

  • 2 Sam 19:4
    71%

    4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"