2Sa 16:17, Psa 55:13, Zec 13:7 | ESV | STEP | And Absalom said to Hushai , Is this your loyalty to your friend ? Why did you not go with your friend ?

a[ch. 19:25]

b[2 Sam. 15:12; 16:23]; See Ps. 41:9

c[Isa. 40:11; Heb. 13:20]

d[Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27]

2 Samuel 16:17

17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? ^aWhy did you not go with your friend?”

Psalms 55:13

13 ^bBut it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.

Zechariah 13:7

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^cmy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^d“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.