⁴² While he was still speaking, behold, ^(A)Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, ^(B)for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”

³⁶ Behold, ^(A)their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, ^(B)and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”

²⁷ The watchman said, “I think the running of the first is ^(A)like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” And the king said, ^(B)“He is a good man and comes with good news.”

¹⁷ Now ^(A)Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at ^(B)En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.

²⁷ The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a ^(A)seer? Go back^[a] to the city in peace, with ^(B)your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

² For you yourselves are fully aware that ^(A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^(B)sudden destruction will come upon them ^(C)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

²² And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as ^(A)the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?”

¹⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ^(A)“Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”