16 And it came about that, as soon as Huʹshai+ the Arʹchite,+ David’s companion,+ came in to Abʹsa·lom, Huʹshai proceeded to say to Abʹsa·lom: “Let the king live!+ Let the king live!”

11 Then they brought the king’s son out+ and put upon him the diadem+ and the Testimony+ and made him king, and so Je·hoiʹa·da and his sons anointed+ him and said: “Let the king live!”+