2 Samuel 17:23
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲחִיתֹפֶל
ʼĂchîythôphel
Achithophel, an Israelite
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
חָבַשׁ
châbash
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
קְבוּרָה
qᵉbûwrâh
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַשׁ châbash
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
Study H2280 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →Cross References
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with ...
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
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.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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