²³ Stay with me; don’t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you^(A) is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”

⁶ (Now Abiathar^(A) son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod^(B) down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

¹⁴ Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee,^(A) or none of us will escape from Absalom.^(B) We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”

²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.