³⁵ Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king’s palace,

Hushai Warns David to Escape

¹⁵ Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had said to Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had advised instead. ¹⁶ “Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River^[a] tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”