Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one inquired of the word of God — so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed both by David and by Absalom — The narrator observes that Ahithophel's counsel was regarded as the word of God (*ke'asher* *yish'al* *et* *devar* *Elohim*—as if one inquired of God's word). His wisdom was so valued that both David and Absalom relied upon it. Yet Ahithophel's counsel, though humanly wise, will be overturned by the LORD's purposes. His counsel to violate the concubines proves momentarily brilliant but ultimately self-defeating.

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