³⁷ And Hushai, David's friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,

¹⁶ and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!'

³³ and Ahithophel `is' counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite `is' the friend of the king;