The man whom you seek—namely, David. Ahithophel means to say, "If I can only strike down David, there will be no civil war; all the people w…

Bring back all the people. —This evil counsellor, with artful flattery, assumes that Absalom is the rightful king, and that the pe…

And I will bring back all the people to you
Meaning not the people only that were with David, that he would make the…

Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, so that he could not rest in Ahithophel's couns…