1 Chronicles 27 · Verse 33

1 Chronicles 27:33

And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
1 Chronicles 27:33, King James Version

1 Chronicles 27:33 in other translations

BSBAhithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
WEBAhithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
ASVand Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend:
YLTand Ahithophel is counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite is the friend of the king;
DARBYand Ahithophel was the king's counsellor; and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend;
BBEAnd Ahithophel was the king's expert in discussion and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.
WebsterAnd Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:

What does 1 Chronicles 27:33 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:16-34

The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy…

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1 Chronicles 27:33 in the original Hebrew

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וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלva.'a.chi.To.feland AhithophelH302
יוֹעֵ֣ץyo.'Etz[was] a counselorH3289
לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ\ \סla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
וְחוּשַׁ֥יve.chu.Shaiand HushaiH2365
הָאַרְכִּ֖יha.'ar.Kithe ArkiteH757
רֵ֥עַRe.a'[was] [the] friend ofH7453
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 27:33

  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

  • 2 Samuel 15:37

    So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 15:32

    And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

  • Psalms 55:13

    But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

  • 2 Samuel 16:16-17

    And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  • 2 Samuel 16:23

    And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  • 2 Samuel 17:23

    And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ahithophel.
2Sa 15:12; 16:23; 17:23
Hushai.
2Sa 15:32,37; 16:16
companion.
2Sa 16:17; Ps 55:13; Zec 13:7

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 27:32

    Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

  • 1 Chronicles 27:33

    And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

  • 1 Chronicles 27:34

    And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.

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1 Chronicles 27:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y también Achitophel era consejero del rey; y Husai Arachîta amigo del rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Akhitophel était conseiller du roi; et Hushaï, l’Arkite, était l’ami du roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Ahitophel war Rat des Königs; und Husai, der Arkiter, war Freund des Königs;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Achitophel etiam consiliarius regis, et Chusai Arachites amicus regis.