2 Samuel 15:31 meaning and explanation

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 15:31, Berean Standard Bible

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Absalom has seized the throne, and David is fleeing Jerusalem in grief. The news that Ahithophel has joined the conspiracy is a heavy blow, because Ahithophel was David's own counselor, a man whose advice was treated as though it came from God (2 Samuel 16:23).

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