Ahithophel: meaning of the name

Ahithophel in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Ahithophel in the Bible

• Ahithophel

  17 verses · first mentioned in 2 Samuel 15:12

Ahithophel in Scripture

“Ahithophel” appears in 17 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 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 15:31

  And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

• 2 Samuel 15:34

  But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

• 2 Samuel 16:15

  And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

• 2 Samuel 16:20

  Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

• 2 Samuel 16:21

  And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

• 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 17:1

  Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: