2 Samuel 16:15

“And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, etc.] At the same time that David and his people came to Bahurim; which, as Josephus f274 says, was a place near to Jerusalem; and, according to Bunting f275, was little more than a mile from it; though elsewhere f276 he makes it three miles; so that had not David made the hasty flight he did, he had fallen into the hands of Absalom: and Ahithophel with him: a famous counsellor, and who had been of David’s privy council, and chief in it, (see <101512>2 Samuel 15:12,31) and whom David refers to in (<195512>Psalm 55:12-14).”

“Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king--Hushai's devotion to David was so well-known, that his presence in the camp of the conspirators excited great surprise. Professing, however, with great address, to consider it his duty to support the cause which the course of Providence and the national will had seemingly decreed should triumph, and urging his friendship for the father as a ground of confidence in his fidelity to the son, he persuaded Absalom of his sincerity, and was admitted among the councillors of the new king.”

“Absalom: Sa2 15:37 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:16”

“When Absalom and "all the people, the men of Israel," i.e., the people who had joined him out of all the tribes of Israel ( Sa2 15:10), came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him, Hushai the Archite also came and greeted him warmly as king, by exclaiming again and again, "Long live the king!" 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:17”