²³ Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to ^(A)his house, to his city. Then he ^[a]put his ^(B)household in order, and ^(C)hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

²⁴ Then David went to ^(D)Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. ²⁵ And Absalom made ^(E)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was ^[b]Jithra, an ^[c]Israelite, who had gone in to ^(F)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.