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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 ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.
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Verse 14. Profitable, to the cause of Absalom, more than that of Chusai, which was also very plausible. Bible.—Lord. The Scripture always directs us to fix our thoughts on God, as the arbiter of all human affairs. Calmet.—Hebrew “for the Lord had ordained to dissipate the good counsel,” and so forth Bible.—“Plerumque qui fortunam mutaturus est consilia corrumpit, efficitque, quod miserrimum est, ut quod accidit, etiam merito accidisse videatur, et casus in culpam transeat,” Peterc. ii.
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