📖WEB · 2 Samuel 16:17
What does 2 Samuel 16:17 mean?
"Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”"
— 2 Samuel 16:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him I will stay.
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 will I be in your presence.”
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
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