¹⁴ And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill.

⁵ And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

¹⁷ And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?

¹⁸ And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

¹⁹ And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

²⁰ And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.