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2 Samuel 15:31
“Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 15
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they stayed there.
David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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