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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] 20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:18 According to the reading tradition (Qere); Kethib has “no”
  2. 2 Samuel 16:19 Literally “And the second thing
  3. 2 Samuel 16:19 Literally “So shall I be in your presence”