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27 The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,[a] here is my plan. You and Abiathar[b] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:27a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads Are you a seer? or Do you see?
  2. 15:27b Hebrew lacks and Abiathar; compare 15:29.

27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand?(A) Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan.(B) You and Abiathar return with your two sons.

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17 Jonathan and Ahimaaz had been staying at En-rogel so as not to be seen entering and leaving the city. Arrangements had been made for a servant girl to bring them the message they were to take to King David.

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17 Jonathan(A) and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel.(B) A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.

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(In those days if people wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let’s go and ask the seer,” for prophets used to be called seers.)

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(Formerly in Israel, if someone went to inquire(A) of God, they would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)(B)

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All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.

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(All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)

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11 The next morning the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, who was David’s seer. This was the message:

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11 Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad(A) the prophet, David’s seer:(B)

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36 and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”

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36 Their two sons, Ahimaaz(A) son of Zadok and Jonathan(B) son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.”

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34 Return to Jerusalem and tell Absalom, ‘I will now be your adviser, O king, just as I was your father’s adviser in the past.’ Then you can frustrate and counter Ahithophel’s advice.

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34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’(A) then you can help me by frustrating(B) Ahithophel’s advice.

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