Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
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Gill's Exposition
Unto whom David said,.... After he had heard what he had to say, and what tidings he brought:
and if thou passest on with me; in his march and flight:
then thou shalt be a burden to me; being to…
Adam Clarke
Then thou shalt be a burden unto me - It appears that Hushai was not a warrior, but was a wise, prudent, and discreet man, who could well serve David by gaining him intelligence of Absalom's…
Nothing, it seems, appeared to David more threatening in Absalom's plot than that Ahithophel was in it; for one good head, in such a design, is worth a thousand good hands. Absalom was himself no…
Cambridge Bible
unto whom David said And David said unto him.
a burden unto me Perhaps Hushai was old and somewhat infirm. Cp. ch. 2Sa 19:35.