Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 16:17 in context
2 Samuel 16:14–20
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The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
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Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
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Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, I will be his, and I will stay with him.
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Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”
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Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
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