Thematic Bible: David's friend

and Ahithophel is counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite is the friend of the king;

And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him is Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head; and David saith to him, 'If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden, and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I am also hitherto, and now, I am also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel; read more.
and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests. Lo, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.' And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

and 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!' And Absalom saith unto Hushai, 'This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?' And Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide; read more.
and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'