Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom. Cross References 2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!" 2 Samuel 15:34 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.' 2 Samuel 16:23 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. 2 Chronicles 10:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. Nehemiah 4:15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall. Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. Psalm 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah Treasury of Scripture And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom. the Lord 2 Samuel 15:31 Genesis 32:28 Exodus 9:16 appointed [heb] commanded Psalm 33:9,10 Lamentations 3:37 Amos 9:3 to defeat 2 Samuel 15:34 2 Samuel 16:23 Job 5:12-14 good counsel Luke 16:8 |