And with Solomon, the king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule.
There, the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and say, “Long live King Solomon! ”
However, Ahimaaz son of Zadok persisted and said to Joab, ‘No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite! ’ Joab replied, ‘My son, why do you want to run since you won’t get a reward? ’
Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, ‘Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? ’ ‘They passed by towards the water,’ the woman replied to them. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, because they dared not be seen entering the city.
Together with Zadok from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.
The chief priest Azariah, of the household of Zadok, answered him, ‘Since they began bringing the offering to the Lord’s temple, we have been eating and are satisfied and there is plenty left over because the Lord has blessed his people; this abundance is what is left over.’
