2 Samuel 16:15

15 Absalom autem et omnis populus Israhel ingressi sunt Hierusalem sed et Ahitofel cum eo

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 ambulabat itaque David et socii eius per viam cum eo Semei autem per iugum montis ex latere contra illum gradiebatur maledicens et mittens lapides adversum eum terramque spargens

14 venit itaque rex et universus populus cum eo lassus et refocilati sunt ibi

15 Absalom autem et omnis populus Israhel ingressi sunt Hierusalem sed et Ahitofel cum eo

16 cum autem venisset Husai Arachites amicus David ad Absalom locutus est ad eum salve rex salve rex

17 ad quem Absalom haec est inquit gratia tua ad amicum tuum quare non isti cum amico tuo