14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. …
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Absalom is now in peaceable possession of Jerusalem; the palace-royal is his own, as are the thrones of judgment, even the thrones of the house of David . His good father reigned in Hebron, and only over the tribe of Judah, above seven years, and was not hasty to destroy his rival; his government was built upon a divine promise, the performance of which he was sure of in due time, and therefore he…
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