Is this — Doth this action answer that profession of friendship which thou hast hitherto made to him? He speaks thus only to try him. And he saith, thy friend, by way of reflection upon David; as one who was a friend to Hushai, and to strangers but not to his own son, whom, by his severity he provoked to this course; and therefore he doth not vouchsafe to call him his father.
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2 Samuel 16:17
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?