So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
So Hushai David's friend came into the city,.... The city of Jerusalem, by the direction and persuasion of David, and in obedience to him, in order to serve him to the uttermost:
and Absalom came…
Adam Clarke
Absalom came into Jerusalem - It is very probable that he and his partisans were not far from the city when David left it, and this was one reason which caused him to hurry his departure.
Reader,…
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
David's friend "The king's friend" was a regular state-officer, the king's confidential adviser. Cp. 1Ch 27:33 (E. V., companion); 1Ki 4:5.