And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?
And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth?
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?
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.