Ahithophel

8 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

Joins Absalom

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 16:15 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
2 Samuel 16:20–23 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?” …
2 Samuel 17:1–23 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. …

2 Samuel 15:12 While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
1 Chronicles 27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

Psalm 55:12–14 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. …

2 Samuel 17:1–14 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. …
2 Samuel 17:23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.