Absalom Killed

18 Then David ^[a]took a count of the people who were with him and ^(A)appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

² And David sent the people out, ^(A)a third ^[a]under the command of Joab, a third ^[b]under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third ^[c]under the command of ^(B)Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will certainly go out with you also.”

⁴ Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So ^(A)the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and thousands.