And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,.... At the same time that David and his people came to Bahurim; which, as Josephus says, was a place near to Jerusalem; and, according to Bunting , was little more than a mile from it; though elsewhere he makes it three miles; so that had not David made the hasty flight he did, he had fallen into the hands of Absalom:and Ahithophel with him: a famous counsellor, and who had been of David's privy council, and chief in it, see 2Sa 15:12 and whom David refers to in Ps 55:12.
Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 4. Travels, &c. p. 144. Ib. p.