^{17 18} And there were a thousand men^◦ of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the lad^* of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with^◦ him; and he went·​·prosperously over Jordan before the king.

³¹ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray^◦ Thee, make·​·senseless the counsel of Ahithophel.