Hushai

Mentioned 1022–1013 BC traditional (Jones)

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child: Baanah
Tagged in: 13 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Absalom, Ahithophel, David, Abiathar, Baanah, and Zadok.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Hushai, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

location not graded: Asher1
uncertain location: Bealoth1
likely location: Jerusalem1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1047–988 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

13 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

2 Samuel11
1 Kings1
1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Hushai 11
KJV	Hushai 14
ASV	Hushai 14

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 13 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel11 verses

15:32
When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
15:37
So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.
16:16
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
16:17
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
16:18
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
17:5
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
17:6
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
17:7
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
17:8
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
17:15
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

1 Kings1 verse

4:16
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

1 Chronicles1 verse

27:33
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Quick, “the Archite,” “the king’s friend” (1 Chr. 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. 15:32, 37; 16:16-18). 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.