2 Samuel 16:19
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Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.

should I not serve

2 Samuel 15:34 But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.

1 Samuel 28:2 And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.

1 Samuel 29:8 And David said to Achis: But what have I done, or what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

Psalm 55:21 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

Galatians 2:13 And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented: so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation.

Context
The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai
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. 19Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.20And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:34
But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.

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 16:20
And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

Lexicon
Furthermore,
וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית (wə·haš·šê·nîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

whom
לְמִי֙ (lə·mî)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

should I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

serve
אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד (’e·‘ĕ·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

if not
הֲל֖וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

the son?
בְנ֑וֹ (ḇə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

As
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I served
עָבַ֙דְתִּי֙ (‘ā·ḇaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

in your father’s
אָבִ֔יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

presence,
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

so also
כֵּ֖ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

I will serve
אֶהְיֶ֥ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in yours.”
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face


Additional Translations
Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.

And again, whom should I serve?'should I not'serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of thy father, so will I be in thy presence.

And again, whom should I serve? should it not be in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."

and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'
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