2Samuel:15:24-36
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And lo Zadok also ,
and all the Levites were with him ,
bearing the ark of the covenant of God :
and they set down the ark of God ;
and Abiathar went up ,
until all the people had done passing out of the city .
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And the king said unto Zadok ,
Carry back the ark of God into the city :
if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD ,
he will bring me again ,
and shew me both it ,
and his habitation :
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But if he thus say ,
I have no delight in thee ;
behold ,
here am I ,
let him do to me as seemeth good unto him .
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The king said also unto Zadok the priest ,
Art not thou a seer ?
return into the city in peace ,
and your two sons with you ,
Ahimaaz thy son ,
and Jonathan the son of Abiathar .
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See ,
I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness ,
until there come word from you to certify me .
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Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem :
and they tarried there .
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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 was with him covered every man his head ,
and they went up ,
weeping as they went up .
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And one told David ,
saying ,
Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom .
And David said ,
O LORD ,
I pray thee ,
turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness .
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And it came to pass ,
that when David was come to the top of the mount ,
where he worshipped God ,
behold ,
Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent ,
and earth upon his head :
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Unto whom David said ,
If thou passest on with me ,
then thou shalt be a burden unto me :
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But if thou return to the city ,
and say unto Absalom ,
I will be thy servant ,
O king ;
as I have been thy father '
s servant hitherto ,
so will I now also be thy servant :
then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel .
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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 .
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Behold ,
they have there with them their two sons ,
Ahimaaz Zadok '
s son ,
and Jonathan Abiathar '
s son ;
and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear .