See also:

• AHITHOPHEL (Heb. for " brother of foolishness, " i.e. foolish!)

AHITHOPHEL (Heb. for " See also:

• BROTHER

brother of foolishness, " i.e. foolish!)  , a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah whose son was a member of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's bodyguard . He was possibly the grandfather. of Bathsheba (see 2 Sam. xi . 3, See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 34), a view which has been thought to have some bearing on his policy . He was one of David's most trusted advisers, and his counsel was " as though one inquired of the word of See also:

• GOD

God." He took a leading See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• ABSALOM (Hebrew for " father of [or is] peace ")

Absalom's revolt, and his defection was a severe See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, who prayed that God would bring his counsel to "foolishness." The subsequent events are rather obscure . At See also:

• AHITHOPHEL (Heb. for " brother of foolishness, " i.e. foolish!)

Ahithophel's See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice Absalom first took the precaution of asserting his claim to the See also:

• THRONE

throne by seizing his See also:

• FATHER

father's concubines (cf . See also:

• ABNER (Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light ")

ABNER)., The immediate pursuit of David was then suggested; the advice was accepted, and the sequence of events shows that the king, being warned of this, fled across the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan (2 Sam. xvi . 20-23, xvii . 1-4, 22) . Inconsistent with this is the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the intervention of Hushai, whose counsel of delay (in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to gather all See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel " from See also:

• DAN

Dan to See also:

• BEERSHEBA

Beersheba "), in spite of popular approbation, was not adopted; and with this See also:

• EPISODE

episode is connected the tradition that the sagacious counsellor returned to his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home and, having disposed of his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, hanged himself . Instances of See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide are rare in the Old Testament (cf . See also:

• SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

SAUL), and it is noteworthy that in this See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, at least, a See also:

• BURIAL

burial was not refused .