{"id":1479,"date":"2026-08-18T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/2samuel15\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:18:29","slug":"2samuel15","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/2samuel15\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table th{padding:0}.c11{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;border-bottom-style:solid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c12{background-color:#ffffff;margin-left:23pt;padding-top:9pt;padding-bottom:9pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify;margin-right:23pt;height:11pt}.c13{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify;margin-right:23pt;height:11pt}.c7{color:#001320;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";font-style:normal}.c1{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;padding-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c3{color:#001320;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";font-style:normal}.c4{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";font-style:italic;color:#008ae6;font-weight:400}.c8{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#001320;font-weight:700}.c5{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#001320;font-weight:400}.c6{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#008ae6;font-weight:400}.c10{background-color:#ffffff;max-width:468pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c0{color:#008ae6;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:700}.c9{text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline}.c2{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.title{padding-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:26pt;padding-bottom:3pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}.subtitle{padding-top:0pt;color:#666666;font-size:15pt;padding-bottom:16pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}p{margin:0;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}h1{padding-top:20pt;color:#000000;font-size:20pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h2{padding-top:18pt;color:#000000;font-size:16pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h3{padding-top:16pt;color:#434343;font-size:14pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h4{padding-top:14pt;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h5{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h6{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;font-style:italic;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}<\/style>\n<p><\/head><body class=\"c10 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c7\">Absalom&rsquo;s Conspiracy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372643392&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WWvmfTJieuXOlvP8LVSBL\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372643568&amp;usg=AOvVaw1E-w-KEmR0uT7goebVceNb\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c5\">Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, &ldquo;What city are you from?&rdquo; And if he replied, &ldquo;Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,&rdquo; <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372643922&amp;usg=AOvVaw2m7KB71jTUR3HYvbI3o91j\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Absalom would say, &ldquo;Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644091&amp;usg=AOvVaw1eCUFfKYjqd908uLkc2mVU\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">And he would add, &ldquo;If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644337&amp;usg=AOvVaw2c3eDfpwjdd-rJ1GVKK1zH\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644489&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pjB5D53dsfPVPAwH6GDRu\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644672&amp;usg=AOvVaw16Q8lUXXjub0VpPS14866L\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">After four<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644739&amp;usg=AOvVaw3eMnmM1uxt4_Z5ALjVneM1\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">&nbsp;years had passed, Absalom said to the king, &ldquo;Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372644901&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ikshSKfPZtqmtcqMPbTDA\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: &lsquo;If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.&rsquo;<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372645086&amp;usg=AOvVaw3b_NBEhK_ctxq2hAVGkl-i\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372645166&amp;usg=AOvVaw0I_nUozaP0L-Ojb2OqD-V9\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">&ldquo;Go in peace,&rdquo; said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372645305&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Znl40PP7P_91KnpzZBhZX\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: &ldquo;When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, &lsquo;Absalom reigns in Hebron!&rsquo;&#8239;&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372645523&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Iy-IryXW9DmDKGa7yJbUU\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372645713&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wWvngoOc6UtcovEzNOhPu\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David&rsquo;s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c3\">So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom&rsquo;s following kept increasing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c8\">David Flees Jerusalem<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c4\">(<\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646056&amp;usg=AOvVaw1uaTQB6bga_BidhReefQvh\">Psalm 3:1&ndash;8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c9\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646141&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZQi1WMOGUohCURXDWXn1H\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Then a messenger came to David and reported, &ldquo;The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646317&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cB6ySYIwqs10UGz3mERQ2\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, &ldquo;Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646603&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Y6OmDt8o-PDkSVCo7a9VA\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">The king&rsquo;s servants replied, &ldquo;Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646765&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EuVaM_1e20Qw_wb98y8Zn\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372646962&amp;usg=AOvVaw2c1T0FBC3okueHHKwuNl5R\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house, <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372647093&amp;usg=AOvVaw3R0C12i1JXjQZiXNJPtawl\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">and all his servants marched past him&mdash;all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372647303&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lNlftV5dUc2tkmZYBTU3m\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, &ldquo;Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372647547&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KQHDRdxKdJxLrE2brKyLz\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372647789&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kEOAim6qoGmdQL6m-xPUz\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372647901&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Knmfmvicsf4f7UAVxWGHX\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">But Ittai answered the king, &ldquo;As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372648164&amp;usg=AOvVaw3hL6TwTBITXA6VUBP-71pA\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">&ldquo;March on then,&rdquo; said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-23.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372648356&amp;usg=AOvVaw0mzRsAxFcSfHcb4J1NgaH-\">23<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-24.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372648619&amp;usg=AOvVaw0H6zmtu00jwWp2p61fU6l0\">24<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372648816&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BmIlnkP1s8PCW1-6sb1a-\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">&nbsp;until the people had passed out of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-25.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372648947&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EbYF7R85DakuQ0jvTKYvt\">25<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Then the king said to Zadok, &ldquo;Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-26.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649160&amp;usg=AOvVaw33NKikxKulkC2Y_YRsi_6q\">26<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">But if He should say, &lsquo;I do not delight in you,&rsquo; then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-27.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649334&amp;usg=AOvVaw3MoGwPtIMjq21xoUMYDLGi\">27<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">The king also said to Zadok the priest, &ldquo;Are you not a seer?<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649444&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xySvchSXw037D3LS_Q8LM\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">&nbsp;Return to the city in peace&mdash;you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.<\/span><span class=\"c6\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649581&amp;usg=AOvVaw0f-UozQ1YXkaullS9r6Pp6\">f<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-28.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649640&amp;usg=AOvVaw1cF-6zFO2yIxiIaDgyyjAg\">28<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-29.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372649799&amp;usg=AOvVaw26Pd_Z2rWIPQip0OVC0FeK\">29<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c11\"><span class=\"c8\">David Weeps at the Mount of Olives<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c4\">(<\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/63.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650011&amp;usg=AOvVaw02-Zpy8G_1PBBIEP502pXF\">Psalm 63:1&ndash;11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c4 c9\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-30.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650093&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Eu6DWXKGtGs51023sVmrE\">30<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-31.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650342&amp;usg=AOvVaw3fOn7YER6r0PAtugLm5KPJ\">31<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Now someone told David: &ldquo;Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c3\">So David pleaded, &ldquo;O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-32.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650591&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BzO9XHdXuuCAWe6g8UsGI\">32<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-33.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650810&amp;usg=AOvVaw350V1RxxUxkQMnzGZmBtsL\">33<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">David said to him, &ldquo;If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-34.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372650935&amp;usg=AOvVaw25ELFdYFfblVZ_5h55Zz2R\">34<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: &lsquo;I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father&rsquo;s servant, but now I will be your servant.&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-35.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372651190&amp;usg=AOvVaw0H1siGkQ4VQZ55d6n81tZ6\">35<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c5\">Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king&rsquo;s palace. <\/span><span class=\"c0\"><a class=\"c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/15-36.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253372651348&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_zrozJOjn4oyfSFhZq0kL\">36<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c3\">Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. 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