2 Samuel 16:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶ And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, ^(A)David’s friend, came to Absalom, that ^(B)Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

¹⁷ So Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? ^(C)Why did you not go with your friend?”

¹⁸ And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, but whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain.