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1 Chronicles 27:33

in 1 Chronicles 27

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend:

KJV

And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

This verse in 1 Chronicles 27

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Counsellor - The person whose counsel in matters of state the king most prized and followed. Companion - Or his friend, 2 Sam. xv, 37, the person whom he trusted with his secrets, and whose conversation was most pleasant and acceptable to him. Observe, A cunning man was his counsellor: but an honest man was his friend.

This site's exposition

David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor

on 1 Chronicles 27:32-34

The chapter closes with the king's inner circle: “Ahithophel was the king’s counselor”, and “Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend”. Albert Barnes places the list before the later years of the reign, since it still names Ahithophel. Ahithophel later hanged himself when Absalom did not follow his advice.

This site's exposition

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor

Ahithophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai was his friend. John Wesley calls the friend the man trusted with the king's secrets, citing 2 Samuel 15:37. He sums up the pair this way: a cunning man was counselor, and an honest man was friend.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This was a sufficient strength for the securing of the public peace and safety. Those that are Israelites indeed must learn war; for we have enemies to grapple with, whom we are concerned constantly to stand upon our guard against. He changed them every month; so that the whole number of the militia amounted to 288,000, perhaps about a fifth part of the able men of the kingdom.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלand Ahithophel

    vaachitofelH302 →

  • יוֹעֵ֣ץ[was] a counselor

    yoetzH3289 →79 times

  • לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ סof the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וְחוּשַׁ֥יand Hushai

    vechushaiH2365 →

  • הָאַרְכִּ֖יthe Arkite

    haarkiH757 →

  • רֵ֥עַ[was] [the] friend of

    rea'H7453 →

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 17:23

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 27:5

      So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

    • 2 Kings 20:1

      In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to…

  • Through

    Psalms 55:13

    But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

    it leads to

    • Micah 7:5

      Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

    • Jeremiah 9:4

      “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 15:31

      Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

    • Psalms 41:9

      Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

    • Joshua 15:51

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

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.