The suicide of Ahithophel

23. to his city Giloh. See ch. 2 Samuel 15:12.

put his household in order Lit. gave charge concerning his house: arranged his affairs and made his will. Cp. 2 Kings 20:1.

hanged himself Like Judas (Matthew 27:5). It is the first deliberate suicide on record, and was prompted by mortification at the rejection of his counsel; by the chagrin of baffled ambition; by the conviction that now the rebellion would inevitably fail, and that he would only live to suffer a traitor's death.

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