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And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
2 Samuel 17:23 — KJV
Gat him home. Ahithophel was shrewd enough to see the outcome of the course Absalom was taking. Convinced that such a course was doomed to failure, he left the court and started for his home city of Giloh (ch. 15:12), near Hebron. The rejection of his counsel he regarded as a personal slight, for he had asked for the command of the forces that were to pursue David (v. 1). Hushai had counseled that the troops should be commanded by Absalom in person (v. 11). In his deep mortification Ahithophel took departure from the man he had befriended.
Hanged himself. Ahithophel felt certain that his doom was only a question of time. When David regained his throne Ahithophel would certainly be held responsible as a ringleader of the revolt and would be put to an ignominious death. But it was more than fear of swift reprisal that caused Ahithophel to take his life. He could not bear to see his counsel ignored and consequently took the cowardly way out. Such was the end of a man who was worldly-wise but not wise in the things of God.
Of his father. Ahithophel’s suicide did not prevent his burial in the family tomb.
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