Ahitophel, Achitofel, or Ahithophel was a counselor of King David and a man greatly renowned for his wisdom. During Absalom's attempt to usurp the throne, he deserted David and supported Absalom, whom he then turned to as an advisor. To counteract Ahitophel's counsel, the fleeing David sent his friend Hushai back to Absalom. Seeing that his advice against David had not been followed due to Hushai's influence, Ahithophel surmised that the revolt would fail, returned to his hometown of Giloh, and hanged himself. He was buried in "the sepulcher of his fathers".
Ahithophel hangs himself from a 14th Chronicle of the World by Rudolf vom Emns
David was a Jewish monarch of ancient Israel and the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
King David Playing the Harp (1622) by Gerard van Honthorst
King David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (c. 1640)
David und Goliath (1888), color lithograph by German artist Osmar Schindler.
David raises the head of Goliath as illustrated by Josephine Pollard (1899)