en_tn_condensed/2sa/16/23.md

Now the advice of Ahithophel ... was as if a man heard

"Now people trusted the advice of Ahithophel in those days in the same way they would have trusted it if had come"

as if a man heard from the mouth of God himself

"as if God had said it with his own mouth" or "as if a man heard it spoken by God himself"

all of Ahithophel's advice was viewed by both David and Absalom

"both David and Absalom viewed all of Ahithophel's advice"

was viewed

"was thought of"