SUICIDE

On Wednesday, June 18, 2025

I think of the word "SUICIDE"

When is a person capable of this?

What do we read about this in the Bible?

The first thing I thought of was the suicide described

of Judas of Escariot.

But I also immediately think of my oldest brother Peter

who committed this act at the age of 21.

But anyway, the first thing I read:

Suicide

= killing oneself

And right after that you can read about the human thought of suicide:

Are you thinking about suicide? From the Netherlands, contact 0800-0113 or chat on 113.nl. From Belgium, you can contact the Suicide Line on number 1813 or via zelfmoord1813.be

And yes, of course I think about the fact: What did the suicide of my oldest brother Peter, who committed this at the age of 21, do to me and my environment?

But first the literal meaning of suicide:

Suicide = killing oneself

And right after that I read about the human thought of suicide and wanting to prevent it:

Are you thinking about suicide? From the Netherlands, contact 0800-0113 or chat on 113.nl. From Belgium, you can contact the Suicide Line on number 1813 or via zelfmoord1813.be.

And then I read:

Suicide, suicide or suicide (Latin: suicidium, from sui = self/oneself and caedere = to kill)[2] is the deliberate ending of one's own life.

'Life is bigger than I am'[1] by Hanspeter Nagtegaal, a monument where relatives can reflect on the self-chosen death of a loved one. (Deventerstraat, Apeldoorn.)The tragic-romantic suicide of Romeo and Juliet (Frederic Leighton, 1855)

An attempt to end one's own life that does not lead to death is called a suicide attempt (Latin: tentamen suicidii; abbreviation TS).

A situation in which someone dies unintentionally through their own actions, for example by unintentionally taking too much medication or drugs, is not suicide, but an accident.

In some situations it is not possible to distinguish between suicide and an accident, such as in Russian roulette, extremely reckless behavior or in the case of persons who are not mentally competent.

In legal terms, suicide is not 'murder' in Belgium and the Netherlands; it is not a criminal offense in these countries, apart from the fact that a deceased person cannot be punished. If the method of suicide is an unlawful act, the damage suffered by others may be charged to the estate (see for example Train suicide#Consequences).[3]

According to certain religious beliefs, suicide is against norms and values.

A variant of suicide is self-euthanasia, in which the survivors are involved in the process. Self-euthanasia differs from euthanasia, in which life is ended by a doctor. The latter is permitted in the Netherlands under special circumstances. Helping or inciting someone to end their own life is punishable in many countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname, unless it concerns helping under conditions comparable to those for euthanasia.

Ahithophel

Ahithophel (Hebrew: אֲחִיתֹפֶל, ’ăchîtofæl, perhaps: "[the] brother is a fool) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, first an adviser to King David and then to his son and pretender to the throne Absalom.

His reputation and influence were such that "the advice of Ahithophel was as if one consulted God himself"

(2 Samuel 16:23).

Ahithophel hangs himself, anonymous miniature
(between 1350 and 1375)
Ahithophel was originally from Giloh, located in the hills of Judah (2 Samuel 15:12). He was the father of Eliam, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:34) and thus possibly the grandfather of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3; 23:34).

Ahithophel’s Betrayal and End

Ahithophel was David’s counselor at first, but when his son Absalom attempted a coup, Ahithophel joined him as an advisor (2 Samuel 15:31). Ahithophel advised Absalom to defy David by taking possession of his concubines in the palace

(2 Samuel 16:21-22).

Ahithophel then asked Absalom for permission to attack David with 12,000 men.

However, Absalom had another counselor, Hushai. Hushai feigned friendship for Absalom, but was in fact a spy for David.

He told Absalom that he knew David very well and explained why there was no point in pursuing him. In the end, Absalom listened to Hushai instead of Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:1-14).

"When Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed ... he hanged himself"

(2 Samuel 17:23).

Sources, notes and/or references
↑ Biblisch-historisches Handwörterbuch, Göttingen 1962-1979

2 Samuel 11:3
2 Samuel 15:12
2 Samuel 15:31
2 Samuel 16:21-23
2 Samuel 17:1-14
2 Samuel 17:23
2 Samuel 23:34

Furthermore, I am trying to find out who this Ahithophel actually is and how he is described and that is why I started the first reference of 2 Samuel 11:3 where a first reference can be read. And this is strangely enough about David who wants to have sex with the beautiful married woman Bathsheba and makes her pregnant! (???)

David sleeps with Bathsheba

David sends his army to Rabbah (2 Samuel 11:1-6)

Spring has come, the time when kings wage war.

(Why was this actually? I've honestly never heard of this before, but okay I'll read and write about it... and then I'll read and write more...)

David wanted to defeat the Ammonites and conquer their city Rabbah. He sent his army on its way, led by Jaob. But David himself stayed in Jerusalem.

David sees Bathsheba.

One day David had slept in the afternoon. When he got up, he went to the roof of his palace. There he walked back and forth. When he looked down, he saw a very beautiful woman. She was just taking a bath, because she had just had her period. David asked who the woman was. His servants said, "This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam. She is married to Uriah the Hittite." David called her in and slept with her. Then Bathsheba went home.

Bathsheba is pregnant

A short time later Bathsheba found out that she was pregnant. She told David. Then David sent word to Jaob, "Send Uriah back to Jerusalem." So Jaob did.

(I first heard of the name "Jaob"...)

It remains a remarkable story for me. Someone who starts as an advisor to King David and later becomes a very great persecutor of King David.

What and where is written about this very extreme man to understand him a little more?

His ultimate suicide can of course never be described as the thought of:

• Real Love
  (Father God, Son Jesus Christ & the Holy Spirit)

and even be described as the opposite of

REAL LOVE, namely HATE,

or both SATAN, DEVIL, TEMPTER, THE SNAKE, as the one who incites the first woman on earth

to eat from THE TREE OF GOOD & EVIL

Can we not find a few important similarities with the much more defined Judas of Escariot?

Of course that they both deprived themselves of life on this earth by hanging themselves.

And of course I immediately think of my own brother , who I personally was the first to discover on June 30, 1973 in Leeuwarden, on the top floor (the attic) of Reinder Brolsmawei 18 in the Frisian capital Leeuwarden. The address of which I strangely enough still know the phone number by heart (more than 50 years later) It was: 30623. Back then it had 5 digits instead of 6 digits. I am surprised by this strange piece of information.

I am also still surprised by the enormous anger towards my brother Peter, immediately after my discovery.

I was sitting on the couch at our former neighbors and really wanted to curse him out loud. (???)

But actually also because of the act that my uncle Henny, the uncle who was the first to really catch me, did.

He let me go up the stairs with him again to see my brother who had hanged himself stark naked for the second time.

At the end of my uncle Henny's life, it turned out that my uncle had not understood everything of this well either.

Actually, my uncle Henny was a very remarkable example for me. He was a visual artist, something that I eventually became myself. Incidentally, the inventor of "The handy plastic storage box for music cassettes". I have never forgotten that he told me this. But besides being a visual artist, my uncle Henny was at that time the deputy mayor of the municipality of Gieten-Zandvoort and for many years (until the end of his life) he was the director of the Dutch Humanist Association. This was not an unimportant position in the Netherlands. Incidentally, my uncle Henny was the only family member who was present during my graduation from the art academy in Enschede (the Aki). He gave me a book about the foundations of humanism as a present.

Uncle Henny told me again where he could not agree with most of his colleagues from the Humanist Association. During the application procedures of the Humanist Association, many people appeared to be in favor of the new applicant having to be gay.

After my uncle Henny left, a lesbian was deliberately chosen as the director of the Humanist Association. became.

These very remarkable ideas of many of his colleagues at the Humanist Association, unfortunately did not do my uncle any good. His idea of ​​me also turned out to be quite distorted. He personally admitted to me that he had thought that I would actually be gay too. This turned out to be a very big misunderstanding in his head, probably still created by incorrect and really wrong thought patterns of his colleagues at the Humanist Association at the time.

And then I read about someone who also wanted to study it.

Jan Mokkenstorm

Jan Korstiaan Mokkenstorm (Leiderdorp, 26 March 1962 – Haarlem, 8 July 2019)[1][2] was a Dutch psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He gained national fame after he founded 113 Suicide Prevention in 2009.

And then I read:

Suicide is the deliberate ending of one's own life.

Suicide is also called suicide or suicide.

Are you thinking about suicide?

Then don't keep these thoughts to yourself and share them

with someone in your environment that you trust.

https://www.113.nl 
What is suicide? | 113 Suicide Prevention

Striking for me:

 SHARING

Sharing just the thought of the word SUICIDE

Sharing the thought and of course the actual literal meaning of the word "SUICIDE" is also of great importance to me.

Sharing one of the most sensational suicides

in The Book The Bible is also of great importance to me.

For example, many will never have really heard of the description of the death of Judas of Escariot,

a death that is strangely enough explained in 2 different ways in the Bible.

1) Matthew (27: 3-10) describes that Judas repents after Jesus' condemnation to death. He goes back to the high priests to return his money.

When he is refused by the high priests, he throws the silver coins into the temple, after which he hangs himself.

Furthermore, I read: Judas and Ahithophel are the only two people in the Bible who committed suicide by hanging themselves.

I do not know the story of Ahithophel yet and I will look it up.

But first the Second description of the death of Judas by Escariot, which does not describe suicide:

in ACTS 1:15-26

Here it is written:

Matthew replaces Judas

Peter tells about the death of Judas

One day the followers of Jesus were together again. It was a group of about 120 believers. Then Peter stood up and said: "Dear friends, you know what happened to Judas. Judas was a disciple of Jesus. He was one of us and did the same work as we did. But he betrayed Jesus. He helped the people who wanted to capture Jesus. And he got money for it. With that money Judas bought a piece of land. And there on that land he fell. He fell so hard that his belly ripped open and his intestines came out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard what happened. They called that piece of land Akeldama. That means bloodland.

A new apostle must come

Peter continued: "It had to end like this with Judas. It is already written in the holy books. In the book of Psalms David says: "Let his house be empty. Let no one live there." These are words of the Holy Spirit that are about Judas.

But in the book of Psalms it also says: "Let another do his work." That means that someone else must take Judas' place.

That person can then tell us together that Jesus rose from the dead. It must be someone who has been with us from the beginning. Someone who was already there when the Lord Jesus was baptized by John. And who was also there when Jesus went to heaven."

Matthias is chosen

Then the believers named two names: Matthias and Joseph Barsabbas, who they also called Justus.       And everyone began to pray to God: "Lord, you know the hearts of men. So show us who you have chosen in place of Judas. Judas was punished for his betrayal, and died. Who now shall do the work that Judas would no longer do? Who shall be an apostle and take his place?" Then Matthias and Justus had to cast lots together. And God appointed Matthias. Matthias became the twelfth apostle.