2 Samuel 15:35
in 2 Samuel 15Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Zadok and Abiathar the priests
on 2 Samuel 15:35-37
Hushai reports to Zadok and Abiathar, and they send word by their sons, “Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar”. The plan rests on men Absalom has not turned. The chapter closes with Hushai arriving in Jerusalem “just as Absalom was entering the city”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
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: 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.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲל֤וֹא | vahalo' | and ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עִמְּךָ֙ | ʾimekha | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| צָד֥וֹק | tzadok | [are] Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר | veevyatar | and Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֑ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהָיָ֗ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדָּבָר֙ | hadavar | <the> word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׁמַע֙ | tishma' | you will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| מִבֵּ֣ית | mibeit | from [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| תַּגִּ֕יד | tagid | you will tell | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְצָד֥וֹק | letzadok | to Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר | uleevyatar | and to Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
וַהֲל֤וֹאand ¿ not
vahalo'H3808 →5168 times
עִמְּךָ֙with you
ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
צָד֥וֹק[are] Zadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
וְאֶבְיָתָ֖רand Abiathar
veevyatarH54 →30 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֑יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהָיָ֗הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדָּבָר֙<the> word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּשְׁמַע֙you will hear
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
מִבֵּ֣יתfrom [the] house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
תַּגִּ֕ידyou will tell
tagidH5046 →370 times
לְצָד֥וֹקto Zadok
letzadokH6659 →53 times
וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖רand to Abiathar
uleevyatarH54 →30 times
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃the priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.