2 Samuel 17:23

Contextual Overview

²² Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over the Jordan. ²² So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn. ²² Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. ²² So David and all his people crossed the Jordan River. By dawn, everyone had crossed the Jordan. ²² So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan. ²²Then David and all the people who were with him departed and crossed over the Jordan. By daybreak, not even one was left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Therfor Dauid roos, and al the puple that was with hym, and thei passiden Jordan, til it was cleer dai, bifor that the word was pupplischid; and sotheli not oon was left, that `passide not the flood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw: Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 19:3

followed: Heb. done

his city: 2 Samuel 15:12

put his household in order: Heb. gave charge concerning his house, 2 Kings 20:1

and hanged: 2 Samuel 15:31, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:5, 1 Kings 16:18, Job 31:3, Psalms 5:10, Psalms 55:23, Matthew 27:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:23 - all the counsel 2 Samuel 18:9 - his head 2 Samuel 21:6 - hang 2 Samuel 23:34 - Eliam 2 Kings 19:20 - which thou hast 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took 1 Chronicles 27:33 - Ahithophel Esther 6:12 - hasted to his house Job 5:13 - taketh Job 7:15 - chooseth Job 12:17 - General Psalms 9:5 - destroyed Psalms 33:10 - The Lord Psalms 35:8 - into Psalms 37:15 - sword Psalms 55:15 - Let death Psalms 109:20 - Let this Psalms 119:96 - I have seen Psalms 146:9 - the way Proverbs 11:5 - direct Ecclesiastes 9:11 - that the race Ecclesiastes 10:8 - that Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 37:21 - Whereas Isaiah 38:1 - Set thine house in order Isaiah 44:25 - turneth Acts 16:27 - he drew 1 Corinthians 1:20 - hath 1 Corinthians 3:19 - He 2 Corinthians 7:10 - the sorrow Galatians 3:13 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people."

Genesis 17:2
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
"I will establish My covenant (everlasting promise) between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly [through your descendants]."

Genesis 17:2
and Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees bitwixe me and thee; and Y schal multiplie thee ful greetli.

Genesis 17:2
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

Genesis 17:2
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed,.... But that of Hushai:

he saddled [his] ass; or ordered it to be saddled:

and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city; which was Giloh in the tribe of Judah, 2 Samuel 15:12;

and put his household in order; made his will, and disposed of his estates, see Isaiah 38:1; or "commanded his house" or "household" t; gave orders and instructions, both relating to himself when dead, where and how he should be buried, and to his family, how they should behave to one another and among their neighbours, and towards their superiors; and particularly, the Jews say u, he gave them this charge, not to rebel against the government of the house of David:

and hanged himself; so to his other sins added that of suicide, which was done deliberately, as the preceding clause shows; this he did, partly because his proud spirit could not bear it that his counsel should be slighted, and that of another be preferred to it; and partly because he plainly foresaw that the cause of Absalom would be ruined by neglecting his counsel and following that of Hushai's, whereby he himself would fall into the hands of David, and be put to death by him as a traitor; and he chose to die by his own hand, and not his; and the rather, to prevent the confiscation of his goods and estates as a traitor, and his heirs being deprived of them; though some think he died of a disease, by strangling or suffocation in the throat, was choked through grief and trouble; so R. Elias observes w, that some say that this disease came upon him through the greatness of his grief of mind and trouble of soul, because his counsel was not taken, and he died of strangling; and they say this, because they reckon it an absurdity for so wise and understanding a man as he was to hang himself; but the case seems very clear that he did kill himself; the Jews say x he was but thirty three years of age when he died; for being a bloody and deceitful man, he did not live out half his days, Psalms 55:23; which psalm was penned on his account; but one so young could hardly be a counsellor of David, and so famous for his wise counsel; and besides, if so young, could not be the grandfather of Bathsheba, as the Jews say:

and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father; though he died an ignominious death, he had an honourable burial; it perhaps not being usual in those times to put any mark of infamy on those that killed themselves, by refusing them interment in the common burying places of their friends and neighbours.

t יצו אל ביתו "praecepit ad domum suam", Montanus. u T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 29. 1. w In Tishbi, p. 129. & David de Pomis, Lexic. fol. 148. 2. x T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 106. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To his city - To Giloh (marginal reference). Ahithophel was probably influenced by deep mortification at the slight put upon him by rejecting his counsel. He is a memorable example of the impotence of worldly wisdom. Compare the marginal reference.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 17:23. Put his household in order — This self-murder could not be called lunacy, as every step to it was deliberate. He foresaw Absalom's ruin; and he did not choose to witness it, and share in the disgrace: and he could expect no mercy at the hands of David. He was a very bad man, and died an unprepared and accursed death.