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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 Samuel 16:22 - 16:22
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Absalom had a tent put up on the roof of the king's palace, that his going in to the concubines might be done publicly in the sight of all Israel. For (as the historian adds in 2Sa 16:23 by way of explanation) the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was like a divine oracle both with David and with Absalom. The words from וַעֲצַת to הָהֵם are placed at the commencement absolutely: “and (as for) the counsel of Ahithophel, ... as if one inquired the word of God, so was every counsel of Ahithophel.” The Masoretes have supplied אִישׁ as the Keri to יִשְׁאַל. This is correct so far as the sense is concerned, but it is quite unnecessary, as יִשְׁאַל may be taken impersonally. הָאֱלֹהִים בִּדְבַר שָׁאַל is to be explained from the formula בֵּעלֹהִים שָׁאַל (see at Jdg 1:1).