2 Samuel 15:29
in 2 Samuel 15So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
KJV
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseZadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem,.... That is, ordered it to be carried, and took care that it was carried, by the Kohathite Levites, and they themselves attended it: and they tarried there; at Jerusalem; though their two sons that went with them entered not into the city, but stayed at a place called Enrogel, at some little distance from it, 2Sa 17:17.
This site's exposition
Are you not a seer
on 2 Samuel 15:27-29
David turns Zadok and Abiathar into an intelligence line rather than fellow exiles. Barnes notes the Hebrew behind seer at verse 27 is difficult enough that some read chief in its place. The priests' sons, Ahimaaz and Jonathan, become the couriers running news out of the city at verse 28.
This site's exposition
returned the ark of God
John Gill notes the priests had the Kohathite Levites carry the ark back, the duty Numbers 4:15 assigns, and stayed with it in the city. Their sons waited outside at En-rogel, according to 17:17. The spy line runs from the sanctuary itself.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֨שֶׁב | vaiyashev | and he took back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| צָד֧וֹק | tzadok | Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר | veevyatar | and Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֥וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they remained | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַיָּ֨שֶׁבand he took back
vaiyashevH7725 →1056 times
צָד֧וֹקZadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
וְאֶבְיָתָ֛רand Abiathar
veevyatarH54 →30 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֥וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּand they remained
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
שָֽׁם׃there
shamH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Samuel
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.