³⁶ Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.

¹¹ But ^(A)the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. ¹² Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the ^(B)King of the Jews?”

¹³ So they cried out again, “Crucify Him!”

³⁷ And they were ^(A)astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He ^(B)makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

⁶ In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. ^(A)So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

David Escapes from Jerusalem

¹³ Now a messenger came to David, saying, ^(A)“The hearts of the men of Israel are ^[a]with Absalom.”