Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 16:23

23 And the counsel of Ahitophel which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God : so was all the counsel of Ahitophel, both with David , and with Absalom.

It was received by the People with equal Authority and Veneration, and was usually attended with as certain Success. Which is mentioned as the reason why a Counsel which had so ill a face, should meet with such general approbation.

To whose Pious Disposition he [illegible: 1+ letters] ted himself, as Policy obliged him; but being weary of it, he takes this first occasion to Discover himself, and Execute that Wickedness which before lay in his Heart.

Marginal references: Heb. word.