Als Ahitofel merkte, daß Absalom nicht auf seinen Rat hörte, sattelte er seinen Esel und ritt in seine Heimatstadt zurück. Zu Hause regelte er noch die letzten Dinge, dann erhängte er sich. Man begrub ihn in seinem
Familiengrab .
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.