Study it in the app“The counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of Elohim; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both to David and to Absalom.”
The counselוַעֲצַתof Ahithophel,אֲחִיתֹפֶלwhichאֲשֶׁרhe counseledיָעַץin thoseהָהֵםdays,בַּיָּמִיםwas as ifכַּאֲשֶׁרa manאִישׁinquiredיִשְׁאַלof the wordבִּדְבַרof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםsoכֵּןwas allכָּלthe counselעֲצַתof Ahithophel,אֲחִיתֹפֶלbothגַּםto Davidלְדָוִדandגַּםto Absalom.לְאַבְשָׁלֹם
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appearsAhithophel
Ahithophel, a counselor of David from Giloh who went over to Absalom in his rebellion (2 Samuel 15-17). His advice was held to be as sure as a word from God (2 Samuel 16:23).
Where else “achitofel” appearsadvise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “yaats” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsinquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “yishal” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsAbsalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears22So they pitched for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the eyes of all Israel.
23 · This verse (above)
