Discovery Box2 Samuel 15:12
Context15:12 While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s adviser, 1 to come from his city, Giloh. 2 The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom.
Psalms 3:1
ContextA psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. 4
3:1 Lord, how 5 numerous are my enemies!
Many attack me. 6
Psalms 41:9
Context41:9 Even my close friend 7 whom I trusted,
he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. 8
Psalms 55:12
Context55:12 Indeed, 9 it is not an enemy who insults me,
or else I could bear it;
it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, 10
or else I could hide from him.
Psalms 55:14
Context55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; 11
in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
Matthew 26:14-15
Context26:14 Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 26:15 and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” 12 So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
John 13:18
Context13:18 “What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 13 ‘The one who eats my bread 14 has turned against me.’ 15
[15:12] 1 tn Traditionally, “counselor,” but this term is more often associated with psychological counseling today, so “adviser” was used in the translation instead.
[15:12] 2 tn Heb “Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, the adviser of David, from his city, from Giloh, while he was sacrificing.” It is not entirely clear who (Absalom or Ahithophel) was offering the sacrifices.
[3:1] 3 sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).
[3:1] 4 sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).
[3:1] 5 tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).
[3:1] 6 tn Heb “many rise up against me.”
[41:9] 7 tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7).
[41:9] 8 tn Heb “has made a heel great against me.” The precise meaning of this phrase, which appears only here, is uncertain.
[55:12] 10 tn Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.
[55:14] 11 tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.
[26:15] 12 tn Grk “What will you give to me, and I will betray him to you?”
[13:18] 13 tn Grk “But so that the scripture may be fulfilled.”
[13:18] 14 tn Or “The one who shares my food.”
[13:18] 15 tn Or “has become my enemy”; Grk “has lifted up his heel against me.” The phrase “to lift up one’s heel against someone” reads literally in the Hebrew of Ps 41 “has made his heel great against me.” There have been numerous interpretations of this phrase, but most likely it is an idiom meaning “has given me a great fall,” “has taken cruel advantage of me,” or “has walked out on me.” Whatever the exact meaning of the idiom, it clearly speaks of betrayal by a close associate. See E. F. F. Bishop, “‘He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me’ – Jn xiii.18 (Ps xli.9),” ExpTim 70 (1958-59): 331-33.
