2 Samuel 15:24-29

Modern English Version

²⁴ And also Zadok and all of the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all of the people had finished passing from the city.

²⁵ The king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I have found favor in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its resting place. ²⁶ But if He should say now, ‘I take no delight in you,’ here I am. May He do to me what seems good to Him.”

²⁷ The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace with your two sons, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word from you comes to inform me.” ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they remained there.