More than forty men took part in this plot.
While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, David’s adviser, to come from his home in Giloh. Meanwhile, the conspiracy grew stronger, and the number of people siding with Absalom kept getting larger.
Then David was told, “Ahithophel is among those conspiring with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, make Ahithophel’s advice foolish.”
You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.
In the morning the Jews formed a conspiracy. They asked God to curse them if they ate or drank anything before they had killed Paul.
They went to the chief priests and leaders ⌞of the people⌟ and said, “We’ve asked God to curse us if we taste any food before we’ve killed Paul.
