²³ As for A·hith′o·phel, he saw that his counsel had not been acted upon,+ and he proceeded to saddle an ass and rise up and go off to his house at his own city.+ Then he gave commands to his household+ and strangled+ himself* and thus died.+ So he was buried+ in the burial place of his forefathers.

¹⁰ And they proceeded to hang Ha′man on the stake+ that he had prepared for Mor′de·cai;+ and the king’s rage itself subsided.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down into the pit that they have made;+

In the net+ that they hid, their own foot has been caught.+

²² His own errors will catch the wicked one,*+ and in the ropes of his own sin he will be taken hold of.+