28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness until you send word to me.
29 Then Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
30 And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet and wept as he went up and had his head covered, and he went barefoot. And all the people that were with him covered each one his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into folly.
32 And it came to pass that when David came to the top of the mount to worship God there, behold, Hushai, the Archite came to meet him, with his coat rent and earth upon his head,
33 Unto whom David said, If thou pass on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me;
34 but if thou return to the city and say unto Absalom, I will be thy slave, O king as I have been thy father’s slave until now, so will I now also be thy slave; then thou may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.