Hushai

The first 10 of 13 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 15:32

  When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

• 2 Samuel 15:37

  So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

• 2 Samuel 16:16

  And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

• 2 Samuel 16:17

  “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”

• 2 Samuel 16:18

  “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.

• 2 Samuel 17:5

  Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

• 2 Samuel 17:6

  So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”

• 2 Samuel 17:7

  Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

• 2 Samuel 17:8

  He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

• 2 Samuel 17:14

  Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.