2Sa 16:16-19 | ESV | STEP | And when Hushai the Archite , David’s friend , came to Absalom , Hushai said to Absalom , Long live the king ! Long live the king !

a[See ver. 15 above]

b 1 Sam. 10:24; 1 Kgs. 1:25, 39; 2 Kgs. 11:12

2 Samuel 16:16-19

16 And when Hushai the Archite, ^aDavid’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, ^b“Long live the king! Long live the king!” 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? ^cWhy did you not go with your friend?” 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19 And again, ^dwhom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”