2 Samuel 15:24-29

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁴ Next came Zadok and all the Levites with him, who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered up sacrifices until all the people finished passing by, as they left the city. ²⁵ The king said to Zadok, “Return the Ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see it in its proper dwelling place. ²⁶ But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ look, here I am. Let him do to me whatever is good in his eyes.”

²⁷ The king said to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer?^[a] Go back to the city in peace. You two priests, take your sons with you—your son Ahima’az and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. ²⁸ Listen, I will be waiting at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar carried the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.