2 Samuel 16:15

15 Meanwhile Avshalom and all the people, the men of Isra'el, came to Yerushalayim; Achitofel was with him.

2 Samuel 16:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 16:15

And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem
At the same time that David and his people came to Bahurim; which, as Josephus ^F26 says, was a place near to Jerusalem; and, according to Bunting ^F1, was little more than a mile from it; though elsewhere ^F2 he makes it three miles; so that had not David made the hasty flight he did, he had fallen into the hands of Absalom:

and Ahithophel with him:
a famous counsellor, and who had been of David's privy council, and chief in it, see ( 2 Samuel 15:12 2 Samuel 15:31 ) and whom David refers to in ( Psalms 55:12-14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 4.
F1 Travels p. 144.
F2 Ib. p. 150.

2 Samuel 16:15 In-Context

13 So David and his men went on their way, while on the opposite hillside Shim'i kept pace with him, cursing, throwing stones and flinging dust as he went.

14 The king and all the people with him arrived exhausted, so he rested there.

15 Meanwhile Avshalom and all the people, the men of Isra'el, came to Yerushalayim; Achitofel was with him.

16 Hushai the Arki, David's friend, came to Avshalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

17 Avshalom asked Hushai, "Is this how you show kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"