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2 Samuel 15:12

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh.

So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

2 Samuel 15:12 BSB

2 Samuel 15:12 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 15:31 (6 votes) and Psalm 41:9 (6 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Numbers 23 to Titus 1.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 15:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 2 Samuel 15:316 votes

    Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

  2. Psalm 41:96 votes

    Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

  3. Joshua 15:515 votes

    Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

  4. Psalm 55:12–144 votes

    For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. …

  5. Titus 1:164 votes

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  6. 2 Samuel 17:143 votes

    Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

  7. 2 Samuel 17:233 votes

    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.

  8. 1 Kings 21:123 votes

    They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

  9. Proverbs 21:273 votes

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

  10. Numbers 23:12 votes

    Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

  11. Numbers 23:142 votes
  12. Numbers 23:302 votes
  13. 2 Samuel 16:20–232 votes
  14. 1 Kings 21:92 votes
  15. 1 Chronicles 27:332 votes

    Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

  16. Psalm 3:1–22 votes

    A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

  17. Psalm 43:1–22 votes
  18. Psalm 50:16–212 votes
  19. Isaiah 1:10–162 votes
  20. Micah 7:5–62 votes

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 15:12?

The 10 strongest of 29.