1 a The wicked are so gredy to execute their malice, that they leaue none occasion, that may further the same.
4 / Ebr. was right in the eyes of Absalom.
5 / Ebr. what is in his nouthe.
6 / Or, giuen suche counsel.
7 / Ahithophels counsel is ouerthrowen by Hushai.
7 c Hushai sheweth him selfe faithful to Dauid, in that he reproueth this wicked counsel and purpose.
9 / Ebr. haue breache, or ruine.
12 / Or, we wil ??? against him.
14 e For by the counsel of Hushai he went to the battel where he was destroyed.
14 ! The Lord had so ordeined.
14 d That counsel which semed good at the first to Absalom, {vers. 4}
16 f That is, ouer Jorden.
17 g Meaning, the message from their fathers.
17 / Or, the well of Rogel.
19 h Thus God sendeth succour to his in the greatest dangers.
19 ! The Priests sonnes are hid in the well.
20 i The Chalde text readeth, now they haue passed the Jorden.
21 k To wit, to pursue thee with all haste.
22 ! Dauid goeth ouer Jorden.
22 l They traueled all night, & by morning had all their companie passed ouer.
23 ! Ahithophel hangeth him selfe.
23 m Gods juste vengeance euen in this life is powred on them, which are enemies, traitours, or persecuters of his Church.
25 n Who was also called Ishai Dauids father.
27 ! Thei bring vitails to Dauid.
28 o God sheweth himselfe moste liberale to his when they seame to be vtterly destitute.