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23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. After he set his house in order,[a] he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.[b]

24 Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had married[c] Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:23 Literally “And he commanded to his household”
  2. 2 Samuel 17:23 Or “fathers”
  3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Literally “who went to”