Absalom Enters Jerusalem

2 Samuel 16

15 Meanwhile t Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him. 16 And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, u David's friend, came to Absalom, that v Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" 17 So Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? w Why did you not go with your friend?" 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19 "Furthermore, x whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."

20 Then Absalom said to y Ahithophel, "Give advice as to what we should do." 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's z concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you a are abhorred by your father. Then b the hands of all who are with you will be strong." 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines c in the sight of all Israel. 23 Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel d both with David and with Absalom.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:5
    Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
    Romans 8:28
    And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
    Hebrews 12:10
    For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
    Hebrews 12:11
    Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:12
    Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city - from Giloh - while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.
    2 Samuel 15:37
    So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:37
    So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:34
    But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,' then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
  5. Cross References
    2 Samuel 19:25
    So it was, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?
    Proverbs 17:17
    A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
  6. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:34
    But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,' then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
  7. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:12
    Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city - from Giloh - while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:16
    Then the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.
    2 Samuel 20:3
    Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 34:30
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.
    1 Samuel 13:4
    Now all Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel had also become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.
  10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 2:7
    "Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
    Zechariah 8:13
    And it shall come to pass That just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands be strong.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:11
    Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
    2 Samuel 12:12
    'For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.'"
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