Hushai חוּשַׁי

David's compatriot. Hushai the Arkite was a loyal friend and advisor to King David, who helped him during Absalom's rebellion by countering the advice of Ahithophel.

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Where Hushai appears

2 Samuel (11), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• 2 Samuel 15:32 first mention — 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:
• 2 Samuel 15:37 — So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
• 2 Samuel 16:16 — 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.
• 2 Samuel 16:17 — And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
• 2 Samuel 16:18 — And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
• 2 Samuel 17:5 — Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
• 2 Samuel 17:7 — And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
• 2 Samuel 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
• 2 Samuel 17:14 — 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.
• 2 Samuel 17:15 — Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
• 1 Kings 4:16 — Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
• 1 Chronicles 27:33 — And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.