The King James Version Bible

2 Samuel 16:17-19

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

  2. And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

  3. 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.