And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
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Interpretation
Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is no contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destroy him by his own mistakes and passions.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 17:18-21.