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himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the
wilderness.
24
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.
25
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 L
ORD
, he will bring me again, and shew me
both
it, and his habitation:
26
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.
27
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.
28
See, I
will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
29
Zadok
therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
30
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.
31
And
one
told David, saying, Ahithophel
is
among the conspirators with Absalom. And David
said, O L
ORD
, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
32
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:
33
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
34
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.
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.
36
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.
37
So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 16
And when David was a little past the top
of the hill,
behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met
him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred
loaves
of bread, and an hundred
bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2
And the king said unto
Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses
be
for the king’s household to ride
on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in
the wilderness may drink.
3
And the king said, And where
is
thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me
the kingdom of my father.
4
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine
are
all that
pertained
unto
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