2 Samuel 16:17-19

Darby Translation

¹⁷ And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why didst thou not go with thy friend?

¹⁸ And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

¹⁹ 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.