Bible Cross References
Hushai
2 Samuel 15:32-37
32
And it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he bowed down before God, that behold Hushai the Archite was coming to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
33
And David said to him, If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me.
34
But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant, then you may frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
35
And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by their hands you shall send to me everything you hear.
37
So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16:16-19
16
And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!
17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why have you not gone with your friend?
18
And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but whom Jehovah and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I shall be, and with him I shall remain.
19
Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve before his son? As I have served before your father, so shall I be before your face.