2 Samuel 17:23

put his household in order = gave charge unto his household.

hanged himself . Not so much because his counsel was not, taken, but because his revenge was not taken on David (see note on 2 Samuel 11:3 ; 2 Samuel 16:21 , and 2 Samuel 17:1 ), and that the conspiracy must fail. Same word in Matthew 27:5 as in Septuagint here (apegxato), as though to invite the comparison of Judas with Ahithophel.