¹⁸ And all his servants crossed·​·over at his side^*, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men^◦ that came following at his foot from Gath passing over before the king.

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!