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.
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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.
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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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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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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 15:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 17:15-16 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way. Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 15:35 And [hast thou] not there with thee…
2Sa 15:35 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.
Ver. 35. Zadok and Abiathar the priests?] Qui facilem et fidelem operam tibi praestabunt.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and…
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?.... To assist in forming schemes directly opposite to Ahithophel's, or to whom he could communicate the secrets of Absalom's court:
therefore it shall be that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house; Absalom's, who had now, at possession of the house and palace of David:
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thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests; to whom he might have recourse without suspicion, pretending he had business with them as priests, on religious accounts, to offer sacrifices for him, &c.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Will you not have the priests Zadok and Abiathar…
Will you not have the priests Zadok and Abiathar with you?
David asks this rhetorical question to tell Hushai that he will not be alone. This can be written as a statement. AT: "Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there to help you." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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whatever you hear
This is a generalization. It means all of the important and insightful things that he hears, not every single word he hears. (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
Ahimaaz ... Jonathan
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
by their hand
The phrase "their hand" refers to the sons and means that they were to serve as messengers. AT: "their sons to tell me" (See: Synecdoche)
translationWords
Zadok
priest
palace
hand
Absalom
Jerusalem
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