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2 Samuel 16:15-17
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 16:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Absalom’s Counselors.[a] Meanwhile Absalom and all of the Israelites entered Jerusalem, and accompanying him was Ahithophel. 16 Then Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, approached Absalom and said to him: “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
17 Then Absalom asked Hushai: “Is this the way you show loyalty to your friend?”
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- 2 Samuel 16:15 Absalom takes up residence in Jerusalem and officially takes over his father’s concubines, but this is a wicked act (see Gen 49:4). It is a mockery of David; Nathan had foretold this supreme humiliation as a consequence of his sin (2 Sam 12:11-12).