More than forty men were involved in this plot.
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.
The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
