and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;

And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:

And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,

the Hivites, the Archites, the Sinites,

And Ahithophel was the king's counseller: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: