¹ tn Heb “Not good is the advice which Ahithophel has advised at this time.”

² tn Heb “So was all the advice of Ahithophel, also to David, also to Absalom.”

² tn Heb “Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, the adviser of David, from his city, from Giloh, while he was sacrificing.” It is not entirely clear who (Absalom or Ahithophel) was offering the sacrifices.

¹ tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.”

³ tn Heb “for thus Ahithophel has devised against you.” The expression “thus” is narrative shorthand, referring to the plan outlined by Ahithophel (see vv. 1-3). The men would surely have outlined the plan in as much detail as they had been given by the messenger.