¹¹ And David called for ^(A)Zadok and ^(B)Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

^28 (A)Zadok, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from his father’s house twenty-two captains;

³⁵ The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put ^(A)Zadok the priest in the place of ^(B)Abiathar.

^20 (A)Now one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, ^(B)escaped and fled after David. ²¹ And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the Lord’s priests. ²² So David said to Abiathar, “I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons of your father’s ^[a]house. ²³ Stay with me; do not fear. ^(C)For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.”

¹⁶ Zadok the son of Ahitub and ^[a]Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; ^[b]Shavsha was the scribe;

Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed

²⁶ And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to ^(A)Anathoth, to your own fields, for ^[a]you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, ^(B)because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”

²⁵ Sheva was scribe; ^(A)Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;

³⁵ And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to ^(A)Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

²⁴ There was ^(A)Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ^(B)ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and ^(C)Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. ²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He ^(D)will bring me back and show me both it and ^(E)His dwelling place. ²⁶ But if He says thus: ‘I have no ^(F)delight in you,’ here I am, ^(G)let Him do to me as seems good to Him.” ²⁷ The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a ^(H)seer?^[a] Return to the city in peace, and ^(I)your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ See, ^(J)I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” ²⁹ Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.