2 Samuel 15:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Zadok and Abiathar the priests were there along with several men from the tribe of Levi who were carrying the sacred chest. They set the chest down, and left it there until David and his followers had gone out of the city.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:27

Zadok, you are a good judge of things, so return to the city and don't cause any trouble. Take your son Ahimaaz with you. Abiathar and his son Jonathan will also go back.

2 Samuel 15:35

Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you, and you can tell them everything you hear in the palace.

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva was the secretary. Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.

2 Samuel 6:13

The people carrying the chest walked six steps, then David sacrificed an ox and a choice cow.

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech, were the priests. Seraiah was the secretary.

1 Kings 1:8

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's bodyguards all refused.

1 Kings 2:26

Solomon sent for Abiathar the priest and said: Abiathar, go back home to Anathoth! You ought to be killed too, but I won't do it now. When my father David was king, you were in charge of the sacred chest, and you went through a lot of hard times with my father.

1 Kings 2:35

Solomon put Benaiah in Joab's place as army commander, and he put Zadok in Abiathar's place as priest.

1 Chronicles 15:2

He said, “Only Levites will be allowed to carry the chest, because the LORD has chosen them to do that work and to serve him for ever.”

Ezekiel 48:11

Only priests who are descendants of Zadok will receive a share of this sacred land, because they remained faithful to me when the Levites and the rest of the Israelites started sinning.

Numbers 4:15

When the camp is ready to be moved, the Kohathites will be responsible for carrying the sacred objects and the furnishings of the sacred tent. But Aaron and his sons must have already covered those things so the Kohathites won't touch them and die.

Numbers 7:9

But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were in charge of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.

Joshua 3:3

shouting, “When you see some of the priests carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before, and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get too close! Stay about a kilometre back.”

Joshua 3:6

Then Joshua turned to the priests and said, “Take the chest and cross the River Jordan ahead of us.” So the priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead.

Joshua 6:4

Take along the sacred chest and make seven priests walk in front of it, carrying trumpets. But on the seventh day, march slowly around the town seven times while the priests blow their trumpets.

Joshua 6:6

Joshua called the priests together and said, “Take the chest and make seven priests carry trumpets and march ahead of it.”

1 Samuel 22:20

Ahimelech's son Abiathar was the only one who escaped. He ran to David

1 Samuel 4:11

Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.