16It 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!|


In Context

13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.

14 The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.

15 Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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!|

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

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

2 Samuel 16:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:16Then Hushai the Arkite, David's friend, went to Absalom and said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And when Chusai the Arachite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save thee, O king, God save thee, O king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, Long live the king, Long live the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:16and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Let the king live! let the king live!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.