Giloh

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• A town in JudahJoshua 15:512 Samuel 15:12

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. Joshua 15:51

   Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 15:511 voice

   “And Goshen,.... Of Goshen in the land of Canaan; see Gill on Jos 10:41, and Holon, of which there is no other mention: and Giloh was the city of Ahitophel, 2Sa 15:12, eleven cities with their villages; the number agrees; this is the first division of cities in the mountains; a second follows.

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2. 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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:122 voices

   “Giloh--near Hebron. the conspiracy was strong--The rapid accession of one place after another in all parts of the kingdom to the party of the insurgents, shows that deep and general dissatisfaction existed at this time against the person and government of David.

   “Ahithophel - It has been with great probability supposed that Ahithophel was estranged from David by personal resentment for his conduct in the matter of Bath-sheba and Uriah (see 2Sa 11:3). While he offered sacrifices - Rather, that Absalom sent for Ahithophel to be present when he offered the sacrifices; the intention being that all who partook of the sacrifice should be bound together to prosecute the enterprise. Absalom, too, would take advantage of the excitement of the great feast to inflame the ardour of the guests, and pledge them irrevocably to his cause.

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