2 Samuel 15:31 BSB — MannaFest

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!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 32.6 (379)

Thus, then, the Lord knew how to bring to nothing the counsels of nations. We learned in the time of Ahithophel how he cast away the counsels of the princes, when David prayed, saying, "Infatuate the counsel of Ahithophel." Therefore, when you hear someone making great threats and announcing that he will bring upon you all sorts of ill treatment, losses, blows or death, look up to the Lord who brings to nothing the counsels of nations and rejects the devices of the people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He had not opportunity for a long prayer, but he was not one of those that thought he should be heard for his much speaking. It was a fervent prayer: " Lord, I pray thee, do this." God is well pleased with the importunity of those that come to him with their petitions. David is particular in this prayer; he names the person whose counsels he prays against.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדָוִד֙	ve.da.Vid	and David	H1732 →
הִגִּ֣יד	hi.Gid	someone told	H5046 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אֲחִיתֹ֥פֶל	'a.chi.To.fel	Ahithophel	H302 →
בַּקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים	ba.ko.she.Rim	[is] among the conspirators	H7194 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
סַכֶּל־	sa.kel-	make foolish	H5528 →
נָ֛א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲצַ֥ת	'a.Tzat	[the] counsel of	H6098 →
אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל	'a.chi.To.fel	Ahithophel	H302 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:10
  Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 33:10–11
  The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Psalms 37:17
  For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Through
James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
leads to
- James 3:17
  But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
leads to
- John 13:18
  I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

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