2 Samuel 16:23 meaning and explanation
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 Samuel 16:23, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse is the narrator's comment on Ahithophel, David's counselor who had defected to Absalom during the coup. It follows Ahithophel's advice that Absalom sleep with his father's concubines, a public claim to the throne that made reconciliation impossible.
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