2 Samuel 16:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷ “Is that how loyal you are to your friend?” Absalom asked Hushai. “Why didn’t you go with him?”

¹⁸ Hushai answered Absalom, “No, I want to be with the one whom the Lord, these people, and all Israel have chosen. I will be his ⌞friend⌟ and stay with him. ¹⁹ And besides, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t it be his son? As I served your father, so I’ll serve you.”