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2 Samuel 16:23

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as if: Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 30:8; Psalms 28:2; 1 Peter 4:11

oracle of God: Heb. word of God, Psalms 19:7

so was: The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.

all the counsel: 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23; Job 5:12, Job 28:28; Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 8:9; Matthew 11:25; Luke 16:8; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:19-20; James 3:13-18

both: 2 Samuel 15:12; Ecclesiastes 10:1

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