Then said the king: what semeth you best, that wil I do. And the Kynge stode vp the Gates syde, & all the people came out by hundredes and by thousandes.
And Dauid sat betwene the two gates. And the watcheman went vp to the rouffe ouer the gate vnto the walle, and lyfte vp his eyes and sawe: and beholde, there came a man runnynge alone.
And the kynge commaunded Ioab, Abisai, and Ethai sayinge: intreate me Iently my sonne Absalom. And all the people hearde when the Kynge gaue all the capitaynes charge ouer Absalom.