Hushai

And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him is Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head;

And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!'

And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;

And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what is in his mouth--even he.'

And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, `According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou--speak thou.'

And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good is the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'

And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they are heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father is a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

And Absalom saith--and all the men of Israel--`Better is the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, `Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;

Baanah Ben-Hushai is in Asher, and in Aloth.

and Ahithophel is counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite is the friend of the king;