1-14 Ahithophel's counsel is overthrown by Hushai's, according to God's appointment 15-22 Secret intelligence is sent unto David 23,24 Ahithophel hangs himself 25,26 Amasa is made captain 27-29 David at Mahanaim is furnished with provisions

I will arise Pr 1:16 4:16 Isa 59:7,8

this night Ps 3:3-5 4:8 109:2-4

2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

weary 2Sa 16:14 De 25:18

I will smite 1Ki 22:31 Zec 13:7 Mt 21:38 26:31 Joh 11:50 18:4-8

3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

I will bring 2Sa 3:21

shall be Isa 48:22 57:21 1Th 5:3

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

the saying 1Sa 18:20,21 23:21 Es 5:14 Ro 1:32

pleased Absalom well [heb] was right in the eyes of Absalom. 2Ch 30:4 Es 1:21

5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Hushai 2Sa 15:32-37 16:16-19

he saith [heb] is in his mouth

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

saying [heb] word

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

given [heb] counselled
not good Pr 31:8

8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

mighty men 2Sa 15:18 21:18-22 23:8,9,16,18,20-22 1Sa 16:18 17:34-36,50 1Ch 11:25-47 Heb 11:32-34

chafed in their minds [heb] bitter of soul Jud 18:25

as a bear 2Ki 2:24 Pr 17:12 28:15 Da 7:5 Ho 13:8

thy father is 1Sa 23:23

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

he is hid Jud 20:33 1Sa 22:1 24:3

some Jos 7:5 8:6 Jud 20:32 1Sa 14:14,15

over thrown [heb] fallen

10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

heart 2Sa 1:23 23:20 Ge 49:9 Nu 24:8,9 Pr 28:1

utterly melt Ex 15:15 De 1:28 Jos 2:9-11 Isa 13:7 19:1

thy father 1Sa 18:17 Heb 11:34

and they which So 3:7

11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

all Israel 2Sa 24:2 Jud 20:1

as the sand Ge 13:16 22:17 Jos 11:4 1Ki 4:20 20:10

thou go [heb] they face, or presence, go, etc.
in thine 2Sa 12:28 Ps 7:15,16 9:16

12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

in some place 1Sa 23:23

we will light This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces {rorarii.} 1Ki 20:10 2Ki 18:23 19:24 Isa 10:13,14 Ob 1:3

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

bring ropes In the same manner the king of Maturan, in Java, proposed pulling down a tower which the Dutch had built, by making his people and elephants pull at a number of chains, and ropes of cocoa-nut bark, thrown around it.

one small Mt 24:2

14 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 upon Absalom.

the Lord 2Sa 15:31 Ge 32:28 Ex 9:16 De 2:30 2Ch 25:16,20

appointed [heb] commanded Ps 33:9,10 La 3:37 Am 9:3

to defeat 2Sa 15:34 16:23 Job 5:12-14 Pr 19:21 21:30 Isa 8:10 1Co 1:19,20 3:19

good counsel Lu 16:8

15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

Zadok 2Sa 15:35

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

Lodge 2Sa 15:28

but speedily 2Sa 17:21,22 15:14,28 1Sa 20:38 Ps 55:8 Pr 6:4,5 Mt 24:16-18

be swallowed 2Sa 20:19,20 Ps 35:25 56:2 57:3 1Co 15:54 2Co 5:4

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

Jonathan 2Sa 15:27,36

stayed Jos 2:4

En-rogel Jos 15:7 18:16 1Ki 1:9

18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

Bahurim 2Sa 3:16 16:5 19:16

19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

spread a covering Jos 2:4-6

the thing Ex 1:19

20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

They be gone 2Sa 15:34 Ex 1:19 Jos 2:4,5 1Sa 19:14-17 21:2 27:11,12

when they had sought Jos 2:22,23

21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.

Arise 2Sa 17:15,16

thus hath Ahithophel 2Sa 17:1-3

22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

and they passed 2Sa 17:24 Pr 27:12 Mt 10:16

there lacked Nu 31:49 Joh 18:9

23 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.

saw Pr 16:18 19:3

followed [heb] done
his city 2Sa 15:12

put his household in order [heb] gave charge concerning his house 2Ki 20:1

and hanged 2Sa 15:31 1Sa 31:4,5 1Ki 16:18 Job 31:3 Ps 5:10 55:23 Mt 27:5

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

Mahanaim 2Sa 2:8 Ge 32:2 Jos 13:26

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

Amasa 2Sa 19:13 20:4,9-12

Ithra 1Ch 2:16,17

Jether the ishmaelite
Abigail [heb] Abigail
Nahash. or, Jesse 1Ch 2:13,16

26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

land of the Gilead Nu 32:1 De 3:15 Jos 17:1

27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

the son of Nahash 2Sa 10:1,2 12:29,30 1Sa 11:1

Machir 2Sa 9:4

Barzillai 2Sa 19:31,32 1Ki 2:7 Ezr 2:61

28 Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

beds These no doubt consisted of skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and such like. 2Sa 16:1,2 1Sa 25:18 Isa 32:8

basons. or, cups.
Sappoth probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still eat out of, and knead their bread in.

earthen vessels {Keley yotzair}, literally, `vessels of the potter.' So when Dr. Perry visited the temple of Luxor in Egypt, he says, `We were entertained by the Caliph here with great civility and favour; he sent us, in return of our presents, several sheep, a good quantity of eggs, bardacks,' etc. The {bardacks} he informs us, were earthen vessels, us `to cool and refresh their water in, by means of which it drinks very cool and pleasant in the hottest seasons of the year.' See Harmer, ch. vi. Ob 1:3

wheat Mr. Jones says, `Travellers use {zumeet, tumeet, and limerceece.} Zumeet is flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet is flour done up with organ oil: and limereece is flour mixed with water, for drink. This quenches thirst much better than water alone, satisfies a hungry appetite; cools and refreshes tired and weary spirits,' etc.

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

cheese of kine 1Sa 17:18

for David Lu 8:3 Php 4:15-19

to eat 2Sa 17:2 Ps 34:8-10 84:11

The people Jud 8:4-6 Ec 11:1,2 Isa 21:14 58:7

in the wilderness 2Sa 16:2,14