² David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

Marks of the True Christian

^9 (A)Let love be genuine. ^(B)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

¹⁶ And when Hushai the Archite, ^(A)David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, ^(B)“Long live the king! Long live the king!” ¹⁷ And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? ^(C)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, ^(D)whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

¹⁰ When Achish asked, “Where have you ^(A)made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of ^(B)the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of ^(C)the Kenites.”