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2 Samuel 15:35

AbiatharZadok

33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.

36 Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”

37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

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BSB
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
KJV
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
WEB
Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
ASV
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king`s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
DARBY
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it shall be, [that] whatsoever thing thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
BLB
And is there not with you there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? And it will come to pass [that] the whole of the matter that you hear from the house of the king, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
ÅB
Der har du jo og prestene Sadok og Abjatar hos deg. Alt du får høre fra kongens hus, skal du melde prestene Sadok og Abjatar.
OTB
Vil ikke Sadok og Abjatar prestene være med deg der? Så hva enn du hører fra kongens hus, skal du rapportere til Sadok og Abjatar prestene.
B1930
Der har du jo og prestene Sadok og Abjatar hos dig. Alt du får høre fra kongens hus, skal du melde prestene Sadok og Abjatar.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 17:15–16

    So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

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