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2 Samuel 16:17

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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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2 Samuel 16:17 in other translations

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

2 Samuel 16:17 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 16:17 in context

  1. 15Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
  2. 16When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
  3. 17Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
  4. 18Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, I will be his, and I will stay with him.
  5. 19Again, 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.”