1 Chronicles 27:33
in 1 Chronicles 27Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
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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:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseCounsellor - 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
Jonathan David’s uncle
on 1 Chronicles 27:32-34
The chapter closes with the king's inner circle: Jonathan his uncle serving as counsellor, Ahithophel as the counsellor whose advice the record treats as the king's own, and Hushai the Archite as his companion. Albert Barnes places the list before the later years of the reign, since it still names Ahithophel among the living, the same Ahithophel who will hang himself after Absalom's revolt fails to follow his advice. Joab closes the roster as general of the king's army, the same office he holds through every list this chapter has kept.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל | vaachitofel | and Ahithophel | H302 → | |
| יוֹעֵ֣ץ | yoetz | [was] a counselor | H3289 → | 79 times |
| לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ס | lamelekh | of the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְחוּשַׁ֥י | vechushai | and Hushai | H2365 → | |
| הָאַרְכִּ֖י | haarki | the Arkite | H757 → | |
| רֵ֥עַ | rea' | [was] [the] friend of | H7453 → | |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
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 stopsEach 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 17:23When 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…
- 2 Samuel 15:12
Through
Psalms 55:13But 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.
- Micah 7:5
Through
2 Samuel 15:12While 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.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
About 1 Chronicles

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.
