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2 Samuel 17:142Sam.17.14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Absalom et tous les gens d'Israël dirent: Le conseil de Huschaï, l'Arkien, vaut mieux que le conseil d'Achitophel. Or l'Eternel avait résolu d'anéantir le bon conseil d'Achitophel, afin d'amener le malheur sur Absalom.

KJV

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)

    Dominus mandavit dissipare consilium Achitophel bonum, ut inducat Dominus super Absalom mala omnia (II Reg. XVII, 14) .» «Bonum consilium» dixit, quod ad tempus proderat causae, quia pro ipso erat contra patrem ejus, contra quem rebellaverat, ut eum posset opprimere, nisi Dominus…

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