Absalomsaidto Hushai,"Is thisyour loyaltyto your friend?Whydid you not gowith your friend?"
Then Hushaisaidto Absalom,"No!For whomthe LORD,thispeople,and allthe menof Israelhave chosen,his I will be, and with him I will remain.
It was whenhe camefrom Jerusalemto meetthe king,that the kingsaidto him, "Whydid you not gowith me, Mephibosheth?"
A friendlovesat alltimes,And a brotheris bornfor adversity.
A manof [too many] friends[comes] to ruin,But thereis a friendwhostickscloserthana brother.
"Do you thusrepaythe LORD,O foolishand unwisepeople?Is not He your Fatherwho has boughtyou? He has madeyou and establishedyou.
