But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's following kept increasing.
Job 19:5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Job 19:19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
Psalm 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Treasury of Scripture
But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
a man mine equal [heb.
2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Jeremiah 9:4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
mine acquaintance
John 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Matthew 26:47-50
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people…
Mark 14:44,45
And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely…
