Ahithophel Commits Suicide

2 Samuel 17:23

Showing verse 23 with surrounding context.

Avshalom's servants came to the woman at the house and asked, "Where are Achima'atz and Y'honatan?"The woman answered them, "They've crossed the stream."After searching and not finding them, they returned to Yerushalayim.

After they had left, the two climbed out of the cistern and went and told King David, "Get up and cross the river, because Achitofel has given such-and-such advice against you."

David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Yarden; by dawn every one of them had crossed the Yarden.

When Achitofel saw that his advice was not being followed, he saddled his donkey, set out, and went home to his own city. After setting his house in order, he hanged himself; he died and was buried in his father's tomb.

David had reached Machanayim by the time Avshalom and all the men of Isra'el crossed the Yarden.

Avshalom had put 'Amasa in charge of the army in place of Yo'av. 'Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Yitra the Isra'eli, who had had sexual relations with Avigal the daughter of Nachash, Tz'ruyah's sister and Yo'av's mother.

Ahithophel Commits Suicide

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