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2 Samuel 15:35

2 Samuel 15:35
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?.... To assist in forming schemes directly opposite to Ahithophel's, or to whom he could communicate the secrets of Absalom's court:…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 15:31-37

Nothing, it seems, appeared to David more threatening in Absalom's plot than that Ahithophel was in it; for one good head, in such a design, is worth a thousand good hands. Absalom was himself no…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Samuel 15:30-37

Hushai commissioned to defeat Ahithophel

30. the ascent ofmount Olivet Lit. by the ascent of Olives: the name mount Olivetis derived from mons olivetiin the Vulgate of Act 1:12. The "mount of Olives"…

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