2 Samuel 15:36
in 2 Samuel 15Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 everything that ye shall hear.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
4 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”.
This site's exposition
Ahimaaz son of Zadok
John Gill notes that the two sons waited just outside the city, as 17:17 shows. Their first run ends in hiding in a well at Bahurim. Ahimaaz will also carry the news of the final battle to David at 18:19.
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
Behold, they have there with them two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son,.... As in 2Sa 15:27; not that they were in the city with them, but they were near it, 2Sa 17:17; with whom they had a communication: and by whom ye shall send unto me everything that ye can hear; that is, by the sons of the priests; he telling the priests how things were at court, and they sending their sons with messages to David; which was a good scheme to get intelligence, and easy to be put into execution.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּה־ | hineh- | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עִמָּם֙ | ʾimam | [are] with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שְׁנֵ֣י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| בְנֵיהֶ֔ם | veneihem | sons their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִימַ֣עַץ | ʾachimaatz | Ahimaaz | H290 → | 15 times |
| לְצָד֔וֹק | letzadok | of Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן | vihonatan | and Jonathan | H3083 → | 81 times |
| לְאֶבְיָתָ֑ר | leevyatar | of Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| וּשְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם | ushelachtem | and you will send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| בְּיָדָם֙ | beyadam | by hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דָּבָ֖ר | davar | word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ | tishmau | you will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
הִנֵּה־there!
hineh-H2009 →843 times
שָׁ֤םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עִמָּם֙[are] with them
ʾimamH5973 →1050 times
שְׁנֵ֣י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
בְנֵיהֶ֔םsons their
veneihemH1121 →4930 times
אֲחִימַ֣עַץAhimaaz
ʾachimaatzH290 →15 times
לְצָד֔וֹקof Zadok
letzadokH6659 →53 times
וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןand Jonathan
vihonatanH3083 →81 times
לְאֶבְיָתָ֑רof Abiathar
leevyatarH54 →30 times
וּשְׁלַחְתֶּ֤םand you will send
ushelachtemH7971 →845 times
בְּיָדָם֙by hand their
beyadamH3027 →1618 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דָּבָ֖רword
davarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃you will hear
tishmauH8085 →1159 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 15:27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be…
- 1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 2 Samuel 15:34
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s…
- 2 Samuel 17:17
Through
2 Samuel 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be…
it leads to
- Joshua 15:7
Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and…
- Joshua 18:16
Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the…
- 2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- 1 Kings 1:9
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of…
- Joshua 2:4–24
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
- Joshua 15:7
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 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.
