2 Samuel 16:17
Good News Translation
"What has happened to your loyalty to your friend David?" Absalom asked him. "Why didn't you go with him?"

New Revised Standard Version
Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

Contemporary English Version
But Absalom asked Hushai, "Is this how you show loyalty to your friend David? Why didn't you go with him?"

New American Bible
But Absalom asked Hushai: “Is this your devotion to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Absalom said to him, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Absalom said to him, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Is this thy

Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?

why wentest

2 Samuel 15:32-37 And when David was come to the top of the mountain, where he was about to adore the Lord, behold Chusai the Arachite, came to meet him with his garment rent and his head covered with earth. . . .

2 Samuel 19:25 And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth?

Proverbs 17:17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Proverbs 18:24 A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Context
The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai
16And when Chusai the Arachite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save thee, O king, God save thee, O king. 17And Absalom said to him, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?18And Chusai answered Absalom: Nay: for I will be his, whom the Lord hath chosen, and all this people, and all Israel, and with him will I abide.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:18
And Chusai answered Absalom: Nay: for I will be his, whom the Lord hath chosen, and all this people, and all Israel, and with him will I abide.

2 Samuel 19:25
And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth?

2 Samuel 16:16
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