But if you go back to Jerusalem, you can make Ahithophel’s advice become useless. Tell Absalom, ‘King, I am your servant. I served your father, but now I will serve you.’
2 Samuel 15:27 - Easy To Read Version The king said to Zadok the priest, “You are a seer. [89] Go back to the city in peace. Take your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king also said to Zadok the priest, Are you not a seer? [You and Abiathar] return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar. American Standard Version (1901) The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. Common English Bible “Do you understand?” the king said to the priest Zadok. “Go back to the city in safety—you and Abiathar with your two sons, your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to Zadok the priest: "O seer, return into the city in peace. And let your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to Sadoc the priest: O seer, return into the city in peace: and let Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you. |
But if you go back to Jerusalem, you can make Ahithophel’s advice become useless. Tell Absalom, ‘King, I am your servant. I served your father, but now I will serve you.’
Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan will be with them. You will send them to tell me everything you hear.”
{The priests’ sons,} Jonathan and Ahimaaz, waited at En Rogel. They did not want to be seen going into the town, so a servant girl came out to them. She gave them the message. Then Jonathan and Ahimaaz went and told those things to King David.
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said {to Joab}, “Let me now run and bring the news to King David. I’ll tell him the Lord has destroyed the enemy for him.”
When David got up in the morning, the Lord’s word came to Gad, David’s seer [159] .
While Joab was still speaking, Jonathan, son of Abiathar the priest, arrived. Adonijah said, “Come here! You are a good man. [5] You must be bringing good news to me.”
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. He was married to Basemath the daughter of Solomon.
All these men were Heman’s sons. Heman was David’s seer. {\cf2\super [277]} God promised to make Heman strong. So Heman had many sons. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
But the servant answered, “A man of God [91] is in this town. People respect him. Everything he says comes true. So let’s go into town. Maybe the man of God will tell us where we should go next.”