16:17 Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
55:13 But it is you, 1 a man like me, 2
my close friend in whom I confided. 3
13:7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,”
says the Lord who rules over all.
Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; 4
I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
1 sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.
2 tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”
3 tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”
4 sn Despite the NT use of this text to speak of the scattering of the disciples following Jesus’ crucifixion (Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27), the immediate context of Zechariah suggests that unfaithful shepherds (kings) will be punished by the