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2 Samuel 15:24

in 2 Samuel 15

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites 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.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Samuel 15

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Bearing the ark - The priests knew that God had given the kingdom to David; they had no evidence that he had deposed him: they therefore chose to accompany him, and take the ark, the object of their charge, with them.

This site's exposition

bearing the ark of the covenant of God

on 2 Samuel 15:24-26

Zadok and the Levites carry the ark out with the fleeing king, the same box Israel once dragged into battle at Aphek to force God's hand, in 1 Samuel 4. David sends it back. His words at verse 25, if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, and his surrender at verse 26, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him, refuse to treat the ark as a guarantee of his throne. Clarke reads the order as reverence for the ark joined to confidence in the God it represents rather than in the box itself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Those that are friends to the ark in their prosperity will find it a friend to them in their adversity. Formerly David would not rest till he had found a resting-place for the ark; and now, if the priests may have their mind, the ark shall not rest till David return to his rest.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He is very solicitous for the safety of the ark: "By all means carry the ark back into the city, let not that be unsettled and exposed with me, lodge that again in the tent pitched for it; surely Absalom, bad as he is, will do that no harm." David's heart, like Eli's trembles for the ark of God.

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Went up - From the ark to the city, which was on higher ground, that so he being high-priest, might use his authority with the people, to persuade them to do their duty; and there he staid until all those whom he could persuade were gone forth.
And, lo, Zadok also,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Abiathar went up - i. e., continued to ascend the Mount of Olives. Abiathar was high priest 1Ki 2:35. Perhaps Zadok is addressed by David 2Sa 15:25 as the chief of those who were actually bearing the ark.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהִנֵּ֨הand there!

    vehinehH2009843 times

  • גַם־also

    gam-H1571769 times

  • צָד֜וֹקZadok

    tzadokH665953 times

  • וְכָֽל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֣םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881

  • אִתּ֗וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854929 times

  • נֹֽשְׂאִים֙[were] carrying

    noseimH5375656 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֲרוֹן֙[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727202 times

  • בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    beritH1285284 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • וַיַּצִּ֙קוּ֙and they set down

    vaiyatzikuH3332

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727202 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • וַיַּ֖עַלand he went up

    vaiyaalH5927890 times

  • אֶבְיָתָ֑רAbiathar

    ʾevyatarH5430 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H57041261 times

  • תֹּ֥םwas finished

    tomH855263 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • לַעֲב֥וֹרto pass out

    laavorH5674556 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H44801188 times

  • הָעִֽיר׃the city

    hairH58921090 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 8:17

    Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 18:16

      Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 22:20

    But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 23:6

      (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

    • 1 Samuel 30:7

      Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

  • Through

    Numbers 4:15

    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:6–7

      When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

    • Numbers 7:9

      But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

    • Deuteronomy 31:9

      So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 4:11

    The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 2:34

      And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

    • Psalms 78:64

      His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.