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# Now the advice of Ahithophel ... was as if a man heard
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Here the author compare how much people trusted Ahithophel's advice with how much they would trust advice directly from God. Alternate translation: "Now people trusted the advice of Ahithophel in those days in the same way they would have trusted it if had come" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# as if a man heard from the mouth of God himself
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Here God's mouth represents himself and emphasizes his speech. Alternate translation: "as if God had said it with his own mouth" or "as if a man heard it spoken by God himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]])
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# all of Ahithophel's advice was viewed by both David and Absalom
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This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "both David and Absalom viewed all of Ahithophel's advice"
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# was viewed
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"was thought of"
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