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Ahithophel: Joins Absalom 2 Samuel 15:31, 34

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!” / But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

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Ahithophel: Joins Absalom 2 Samuel 16:15, 20–23

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. / Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?” / Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

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Ahithophel: Joins Absalom 2 Samuel 17:1–23

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. / I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king / and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

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