¹⁴ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

⁵ And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

²⁰ When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook^[a] of water.” And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁷ And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? ^(A)Why did you not go with your friend?” ¹⁸ And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. ¹⁹ And again, ^(B)whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”