2 Samuel 16:17 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"

NIV: Absalom said to Hushai, "So this is the love you show your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?"

NASB: But Absalom said to Hushai, 'Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?'

CSB: "Is this your loyalty to your friend?" Absalom asked Hushai. "Why didn’t you go with your friend?"

NLT: Is this the way you treat your friend David?' Absalom asked him. 'Why aren’t you with him?'

KJV: And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

NKJV: So Absalom said to Hushai, “ Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.

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