dSee 1 Sam. 9:25
2 Samuel 13:4-6
4And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.” 5Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’” 6So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and amake a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”2 Samuel 16:21-23
21Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to byour father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and cthe hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22So they pitched a tent for Absalom don the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines ein the sight of all Israel. 23Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, fboth by David and by Absalom.2 Samuel 17:4
4And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.Esther 1:21
21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.Esther 3:9-10
9If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, that they may put it into the king’s treasuries.” 10 hSo the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman ithe Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, jthe enemy of the Jews. Matthew 14:6
6But when Herod’s kbirthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,
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