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

⁵ And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.”

²⁰ And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

So ^(A)the woman said to them, “They have gone over the water brook.”

And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁷ So 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, but whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain. ¹⁹ Furthermore, ^(B)whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so will I be in your presence.”