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Clementine Latin Vulgate
4 Regum 15:27
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Et dixit rex ad Sadoc sacerdotem: O videns, revertere in civitatem in pace: et Achimaas filius tuus, et Jonathas filius Abiathar, duo filii vestri, sint vobiscum.
Et dixit rex ad Sadoc sacerdotem: "Videsne? Revertere in civitatem in pace; et Achimaas filius tuus et Ionathan filius Abiathar, duo filii vestri sint vobiscum.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a seer: 2 Samuel 24:11, 1 Samuel 9:9, 1 Chronicles 25:5
return: 2 Samuel 15:34, 2 Samuel 15:36, 2 Samuel 17:17
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 6:8 - Ahimaaz
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the king said unto Zadok the priest, [art not] thou a seer?.... A prophet, as well as a priest; see 1 Samuel 9:9; or a seeing, knowing, man; one that can penetrate into men and things, and so might be of more service to David at Jerusalem than with him: wherefore he said to him,
return into the city in peace; to the city of Jerusalem with peace, quietness, and satisfaction of mind; where he doubted not, at least hoped and wished, he would be in safety and prosperity, being one of the Lord's priests:
and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; the one was of the line of Eleazar, and the other of the line of Ithamar.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Art not those a seer? - If the text be correct, the sense would be, “Art thou not a seer? therefore go back to the city, and observe, and certify me of what thou seest” 2 Samuel 15:28. Others, by a slight alteration of the original text, read “Art not thou a chief” (priest), etc.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 15:27. Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace — That is, As thou art the only organ of the public worship, that worship cannot be carried on without thee; and as thou art the priest of God, thou hast no cause to fear for thy personal safety: the nation has not abandoned their God, though they have abandoned their king. It appears also, that he wished these priests, by means of their sons, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, to send him frequent intelligence of the motions and operations of the enemy.
