2Sa 16:23, Psa 55:12-14, Jer 20:10, Joh 13:18 | TSK | STEP | as if. oracle of God. Heb. word of God. so was.The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom. all the counsel. both.

2 Samuel 16:23

as if.

oracle of God. Heb. word of God.

so was.The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.

all the counsel.

17:14,23; Job 5:12; 28:28; Jer 4:22; 8:9; Mt 11:25; Lu 16:8; Ro 1:22

1Co 3:19,20; Jas 3:13-18

both.

15:12; Ec 10:1