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35 Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you.[a] Everything you hear in the king’s palace[b] you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear.”[c]

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:35 tn Heb “Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you?” The rhetorical question draws attention to the fact that Hushai will not be alone.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:35 tn Heb “from the house of the king.”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:36 tn Heb “and you must send by their hand to me every word which you hear.” Both of the second person verb forms are plural with Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai being the understood subjects.