KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king’s house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 15
32 And it came to pass, that [when] David was come to the top [of the mount], where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father’s servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
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.
36 Behold, [they have] there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s [son], and Jonathan Abiathar’s [son]; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
37 So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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וַהֲל֤וֹאH3808 · lonotעִמְּךָ֙H5973 · imwithשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereצָד֥וֹקH6659 · tsa.doqZadokוְאֶבְיָתָ֖רH54 · ev.ya.tarAbiatharהַכֹּהֲנִ֑יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדָּבָר֙H1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichתִּשְׁמַע֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearמִבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingתַּגִּ֕ידH5046 · na.gadto tellלְצָד֥וֹקH6659 · tsa.doqZadokוּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖רH54 · ev.ya.tarAbiatharהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃H3548 · ko.henpriest
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