Verse 17

Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this the loyalty you show your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?"

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:25 : 25 Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, also went down to meet the king. He had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.
  • Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 A person with unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, your Creator, the One who made you and established you?
  • 2 Sam 15:32-37 : 32 When David reached the summit where he worshiped God, Hushai the Archite met him. His robe was torn, and there was dirt on his head. 33 David said to him, 'If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.' 34 'But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “Your servant will serve you, O king; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,” then you can thwart Ahithophel’s advice for me.' 35 'Aren’t Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you? Whatever you hear in the king’s palace, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.' 36 Look, their two sons, Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send me everything you hear through them. 37 So Hushai, David's friend, arrived in the city just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.