Ahithophel

Who is Ahithophel?

Ahithophel the Gilonite was David's counsellor whose advice was so valued that it was treated as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God (2 Samuel 16:23). He joined Absalom's conspiracy against David (2 Samuel 15:12), and when his counsel was rejected in favor of Hushai's, he went home, set his house in order, and hanged himself (2 Samuel 17:23).

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