2 Samuel 15:31

WEB

Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

KJV

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

Commentary

And one told David,.... That came either from Hebron or from Jerusalem: Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom; Absalom se nt for him, and it seems he came to him, and continued with him, see Sa2 15:12 , and David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness; either suffer him to give foolish counsel, or confound the schemes projected by him, and let them not be carried into execution; for God can, and sometimes does, disappoint crafty counsellors, that they cannot perform what they devise, but they are taken in their own craftiness, and their counsel is carried headlong, Job 5:12 ; this prayer was answered, Sa2 17:14 .