2 Samuel 16:17-19

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷ Absalom said to Hushai, “This is your loyal love with your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?” ¹⁸ Then Hushai said to Absalom, “No, rather, whom Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, to him^[a] I will be, and with him I will remain. ¹⁹ Furthermore,^[b] for whom have I served? Is it not in the presence of his son that I have served before your father? So shall I serve you!”^[c]