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and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
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The Deceptive Logic of Evil
Commentators explain that Ahithophel's counsel was deceptively simple: kill only David, and the entire nation will return to Absalom peacefully. Scholars like Ellicott note the 'artful flattery' used, framing Absalom as the rightful king. This shows how evil plans can be presented as pragmatic and efficient solutions to avoid a wider conflict.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Bring back all the people. —This evil counsellor, with artful flattery, assumes that Absalom is the rightful king, and that the pe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will bring back all the people to you Meaning not the people only that were with David, that he would make the…
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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…
