David said to him, "If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me.
2 Samuel 15:33
Surrounding context
15:32 Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God--there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
15:33 David said to him, "If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me.
15:34 But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, "I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,' then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.