2Sa 15:12 Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12
12: While he was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David's counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.
2 Samuel 15:31
- When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, "O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!"
Joshua 15:51
- Goshen, Holon, and Giloh--eleven towns with their surrounding villages.
Psalms 41:9
- Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.
2 Samuel 17:14
- Then Absalom and all the leaders of Israel said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." For the LORD had arranged to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster upon Absalom!
Psalms 55:12
- It is not an enemy who taunts me--I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me--I could have hidden from them.
- Instead, it is you--my equal, my companion and close friend.
- What good fellowship we enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God.
Micah 7:5
- Don't trust anyone--not your best friend or even your wife!
- For the son despises his father. The daughter defies her mother. The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law. Your enemies will be right in your own household.
2 Samuel 17:23
- Meanwhile, Ahithophel was publicly disgraced when Absalom refused his advice. So he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried beside his father.
1 Kings 21:9
- In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer and give Naboth a place of honor.
Proverbs 21:27
- God loathes the sacrifice of an evil person, especially when it is brought with ulterior motives.
1 Chronicles 27:33
- Ahithophel was the royal adviser. Hushai the Arkite was the king's friend.
Psalms 3:1
- O LORD, I have so many enemies; so many are against me.
- So many are saying, "God will never rescue him!"
Isaiah 1:10
- Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Israel! Listen to the law of our God, people of Israel. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
- "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.
- Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?
- The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
- I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!
Titus 1:16
- Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are despicable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
Numbers 23:14
- So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
John 13:18
- "I am not saying these things to all of you; I know so well each one of you I chose. The Scriptures declare, 'The one who shares my food has turned against me,' and this will soon come true.
1 Kings 21:12
- They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
2 Samuel 16:20
- Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, "What should I do next?"
- Ahithophel told him, "Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to keep the house. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted him beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will give you their support."
- So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went into the tent to sleep with his father's concubines.
- Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.
Numbers 23:1
- Balaam said to King Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for a sacrifice."
Numbers 23:30
- So Balak did as Balaam ordered and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
Psalms 43:1
- O God, take up my cause! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars.
- For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?
Psalms 50:16
- But God says to the wicked: "Recite my laws no longer, and don't pretend that you obey me.
- For you refuse my discipline and treat my laws like trash.
- When you see a thief, you help him, and you spend your time with adulterers.
- Your mouths are filled with wickedness, and your tongues are full of lies.
- You sit around and slander a brother--your own mother's son.