2 Samuel 15:31

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
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Ahithophel: 2 Samuel 15:12, Psalms 3:1, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 55:12, Psalms 55:14, Matthew 26:14, Matthew 26:15, John 13:18

O Lord: Psalms 55:15, Psalms 109:3

turn the counsel: 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, Job 5:12, Job 12:16-20, Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:11-25, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, James 3:15

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:34 - Eliam 2 Kings 19:20 - which thou hast Nehemiah 2:4 - So I prayed Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 5:13 - taketh Job 12:17 - General Job 17:4 - General Job 18:7 - his own Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 33:10 - The Lord Psalms 43:1 - the deceitful Psalms 55:9 - divide Psalms 62:9 - of high Psalms 109:4 - but I Psalms 109:5 - hatred Psalms 140:8 - Grant not Psalms 146:9 - the way Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Isaiah 37:21 - Whereas Isaiah 44:25 - turneth Jeremiah 18:18 - counsel Jeremiah 50:36 - dote Habakkuk 2:13 - is it Acts 23:13 - which 1 Corinthians 3:19 - He

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [one] told David,.... That came either from Hebron or from Jerusalem:

Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom; Absalom sent for him, and it seems he came to him, and continued with him, see

2 Samuel 15:12;

and David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness; either suffer him to give foolish counsel, or confound the schemes projected by him, and let them not be carried into execution; for God can, and sometimes does, disappoint crafty counsellors, that they cannot perform what they devise, but they are taken in their own craftiness, and their counsel is carried headlong, Job 5:12; this prayer was answered, 2 Samuel 17:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:31. Turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. — Ahithophel was a wise man, and well versed in state affairs; and God alone could confound his devices.