Discovery Box2 Samuel 15:31 
Context15:31 Now David 1 had been told, “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, 2 “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!”
2 Samuel 17:6
Context17:6 So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”
1 tc The translation follows 4QSama, part of the Greek tradition, the Syriac Peshitta, Targum, and Vulgate uldavid in reading “and to David,” rather than MT וְדָוִד (vÿdavid, “and David”). As Driver points out, the Hebrew verb הִגִּיד (higgid, “he related”) never uses the accusative for the person to whom something is told (S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 316).
2 tn Heb “said.”
