2 Samuel 15:32

Contextual Overview

³¹ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Yahweh, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ³¹ When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, "O Lord , let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!" ³¹ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ³¹ Someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of the people with Absalom who made secret plans against you." So David prayed, " Lord , please make Ahithophel's advice foolish." ³¹ Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord !" ³¹ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ³¹ One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ³¹David was told, "Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "O LORD, I pray You, turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness." ³¹ And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O Lord , please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness." ³¹ Forsothe it was teld to Dauid, that Achitofel was in the sweryng togidere with Absolon; and Dauid seide, Lord, Y byseche, make thou fonned the counsel of Achitofel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the top: 2 Samuel 15:30, 1 Kings 11:7, Luke 19:29

he worshipped: 1 Kings 8:44, 1 Kings 8:45, Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Psalms 3:3-5, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 4:1-3, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15

Hushai: 2 Samuel 16:16-19

Archite: Joshua 16:2

coat rent: 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 13:19

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 4:12 - with earth 2 Samuel 16:17 - why wentest 2 Samuel 17:5 - Hushai 1 Chronicles 27:33 - Hushai Psalms 109:4 - but I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, that [when] David was come to the top [of the mount],.... Of the mount of Olives:

where he worshipped God; by prayer and praise; here very probably he composed and sung the third psalm Psalms 3:1, which, as the title shows, was made when he fled from Absalom:

behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, with his coat rent, and earth upon his head; in token of mourning, and as a bringer of bad tidings, see 2 Samuel 1:2; perhaps he was an inhabitant of Archi, at least originally, which lay on the borders of the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 16:2; from whence he had his name.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render ... “when David was come to the top of the mount where people worship God.” The top here, and in 2 Samuel 16:1, is used almost as a proper name. No doubt there was a high-place upon the top of the Mount of Olives.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:32. Where he worshipped God — Though in danger of his life, he stops on the top of Mount Olivet for prayer! How true is the adage, Prayer and provender never hinder any man's journey! Reader, dost thou do likewise?

Hushai the Archite — He was the particular friend of David, and was now greatly affected by his calamity.