¹⁶ And the king went·​·forth and all his house at his feet. And the king left^◦ ten women, concubines, to keep the house.

¹⁶ And it was, when^▵ Hushai the Archite, a companion of David, came unto^▵ Absalom, that Hushai said unto^▵ Absalom, May the king live! may the king live!