And one told David, saying, Ahith´ophel is among the conspirators with Ab´salom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahith´ophel into foolishness.
And the counsel of Ahith´ophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahith´ophel both with David and with Ab´salom.
And Ab´salom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hu´shai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahith´ophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahith´ophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Ab´salom.
And when Ahith´ophel 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.
come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apol´los for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;