²⁴ And behold, Zadok also, and all the Levites with^◦ him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went·​·up until all the people had finished passing out of the city.

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!