Quotes about Betrayal
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
— 2 Samuel 16:17
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
— 2 Samuel 16:20
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
— 2 Samuel 16:21
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
— 2 Samuel 17:1
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
— 2 Samuel 17:5
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
— 2 Samuel 17:7
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
— 2 Samuel 17:7
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
— 2 Samuel 17:15
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
— 2 Samuel 17:18
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 17:20
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
— 2 Samuel 17:21
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
— 2 Samuel 17:23