2 Samuel 15:23-25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching out of the city. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the wilderness.

²⁴ Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices^[a] until the people had finished marching past.^{(A) 25} Then the king instructed Zadok, ‘Return the ark of God to the city.^(B) If I find favour with the Lord, he will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its^[b] dwelling place.^(C)