²⁴ There was ^(A)Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ^(B)ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and ^(C)Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. ²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He ^(D)will bring me back and show me both it and ^(E)His dwelling place. ²⁶ But if He says thus: ‘I have no ^(F)delight in you,’ here I am, ^(G)let Him do to me as seems good to Him.” ²⁷ The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a ^(H)seer?^[a] Return to the city in peace, and ^(I)your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ See, ^(J)I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” ²⁹ Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.