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Achitophel

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Achitophel (ākĭt`əfĕl), variant of Ahithophel Ahithophel (əhĭth`əfĕl), in the Bible, David's counselor who joined with Absalom against David.
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Ahithophel, Achitophel Old Testament
a member of David's council, who became one of Absalom's advisers in his rebellion and hanged himself when his advice was overruled (II Samuel 15:12--17:23)

Achitophel
sage adviser to David; subsequently to Absalom. [O.T.: II Samuel 16:23]
See : Counsel

Achitophel
hanged himself from despair when his advice went unheeded. [O.T.: II Samuel 17:23]
See : Despair

Achitophel
hanged himself when his advice went unheeded. [O. T.: II Samuel 17:23]
See : Suicide

Achitophel
traitorous Earl of Shaftesbury. [Br. Lit.: Absalom and Achitophel]
See : Treachery


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Hereupon Dryden, at the suggestion, it is said, of the king, and with the purpose of securing Shaftesbury's conviction, put forth the First Part of 'Absalom and Achitophel,' a masterly satire of Shaftesbury, Monmouth, and their associates in the allegorical disguise of the (somewhat altered) Biblical story of David and Absalom.
In spite of the fine sounding lines you will perhaps never care to read Absalom and Achitophel save as a footnote to history.
 
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