Thus all the people will return to you, and when you have brought back all the people, it will be as if only one man had perished, and all Israel will be in peace — Ahithophel frames the killing of David as a surgical removal that will restore peace to Israel. The phrase *ka'asher* *yachlof* *ish* *echad* (as if only one man had perished) suggests that the death of a king is merely the loss of one person, easily replaced. His vision is pragmatic: one death yields peace and restored unity under Absalom.

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