13 Verses About Hushai from 3 Books

1_Chronicles 27:33

Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:

1_Kings 4:16

Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

2_Samuel 15:32

It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.

2_Samuel 15:37

So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

2_Samuel 16:16

It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

2_Samuel 16:17

Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

2_Samuel 16:18

Hushai said to Absalom, "No; but whoever the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him I will stay.



2_Samuel 17:5

Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."

2_Samuel 17:6

When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up."

2_Samuel 17:7

Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."

2_Samuel 17:8

Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

2_Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.

2_Samuel 17:15

Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.





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