Hushai

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Meaning: quick

"The Archite," "the king's friend" (1Chr 27:33).

When David fled from Jerusalem, on account of the rebellion of Absalom, and had reached the summit of Olivet, he there met Hushai, whom he sent back to Jerusalem for the purpose of counteracting the influence of Ahithophel, who had joined the ranks of Absalom (2 Sam 15:32ff; 2 Sam 16:16ff). It was by his advice that Absalom refrained from immediately pursuing after David. By this delay the cause of Absalom was ruined, for it gave David time to muster his forces.

This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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Companion of David, generally called the Archite. When David was pursued by Absalom he sent Hushai to frustrate Absalom's plans. Hushai pretended adherence to the cause of Absalom, and his advice, preferred to that of Ahithophel, caused the ruin of Absalom (2 Sam 15:32ff, 2 Sam 16:16ff). The Hushai whose son was one of Solomon's commissaries (1 Kg 4:16) is to be identified with David's companion.