Hushai said to Absalom, No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him I will remain.
Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness and loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?
And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so will I serve you.
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.