• Ahitophel, Achitofel, or Ahithophel (Hebrew: אֲחִיתֹפֶל, romanized: ʾəḥiṯōp̄el, lit. 'My Brother is Folly') was a counselor of King David and a man greatly...
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  • "the king's friend". This title is similar to that of counselor given to Ahitophel, or that of leader of the army to Joab: there is a similar use of the...
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    are typical of the five wounds; the betrayal by his trusted counsellor, Ahitophel, and the passage over the Cedron remind us of Christ's Sacred Passion...
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    Jerusalem, Ahitophel and Hushai arrive at Absalom's court. Absalom is at first suspicious of Hushai's presence, but ultimately accepts him. Ahitophel suggests...
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  • Jala. Ahitophel, one of King David's chief advisors, came from Giloh (Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:51; cf. 2nd Samuel, 2 Samuel 15:12). Ahitophel was the...
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    regarding Ahitophel (16:23) B'. Absalom and Ahitophel: second counsel (17:1–4) A'. Absalom and Hushai (17:5–14a) Another interruption regarding Ahitophel (17:14b)...
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  • honor. For so we find with David King of Israel, who learned nothing from Ahitophel except two things, yet called him his teacher [Hebrew text: rabbo], his...
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    advice of Jonadab in order to rape Tamar, Absalom had sought the advice of Ahitophel who advised Absalom to have incestuous relations with his father's concubines...
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    Bible who died by suicide are negative. Major contexts include betrayal (Ahitophel and Judas) and divine judgement resulting in military defeat (Saul and...
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    lit. "the world-to-come": Jeroboam, Ahab, Menasseh, Doeg the Edomite, Ahitophel, Balaam, and Gehazi. According to the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, Menasseh...
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    Ahitophel is personified as the mouth who David asks God to "break the teeth of", and in the account, Ahitophel's counsel is frustrated and Ahitophel...
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  • Jonathan John Castle as Abner Tim Woodward as Joab David de Keyser as Ahitophel Simon Dutton as Eliab Jean-Marc Barr as Absalom Shimon Avidan as young...
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  • Yentl – Rabbi Zalman 1984: Lassiter – Gunz (voice) 1985: King David – Ahitophel 1988: Out of the Shadows – James Bluminfeld 1989: A Dry White Season –...
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  • Gracindo Júnior Saul Angela Leal Edna Marly Bueno Ahinoam Paulo Figueiredo Ahitophel Roger Gobeth Amnon Léo Rosa Absalom Bianca Castanho Selima Thierry Figueira...
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    that our faction should not be like the faction of David, from which Ahitophel emerged. "And no going forth", that our faction should not be like the...
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    commit suicide. The group of other Biblical suicide victims includes Saul, Ahitophel, and Judas Iscariot. While the Biblical narrative depicts Zimri's boldness...
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    executions. These deaths are notable due to history or due to media exposure. Ahitophel, counselor of David (c. 1000 BC) Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve Apostles...
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    18). As soon as he set himself in Jerusalem, Absalom unwisely accepted Ahitophel's advice (which was "esteemed and regarded as divine guidance" in verse...
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  • order to rape his half sister Tamar, Absalom had sought the advice of Ahitophel who advised Absalom to have incestuous relations with his father's concubines...
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  • the False Bachelor Bk2.2501-2802 Pope Boniface Bk2.2803-3049 Joab and Ahitophel Bk2.3085-3094 Nature of Envy Bk2.3095-3161 Charity and Pity Bk2.3162-3186...
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    commoners who have no portion in the World To Come, along with Doeg, Ahitophel, and Gehazi. Following the teaching of Rabbi Joshua, the Gemara deduced...
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    the granddaughter of David's advisor Ahitophel of Gilo, (as also noted in the Talmud) could explain Ahitophel's advices to Absalom (2 Samuel 15:12) as...
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    Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: A specific account related to Ahitophel and Hushai is recorded in 2 Samuel 15:12, 23–37. David's Mighty Warriors...
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    was supported by the Judahites (including Amasa, David's nephew, and Ahitophel, David's counsellor and grandfather of Bathsheba), while also enjoying...
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