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2 Samuel 15:31

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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.

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2 Samuel 15:31 in other translations

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 15:31 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 15:31 in context

  1. 29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
  2. 30And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
  3. 31And 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.
  4. 32And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
  5. 33And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me: