John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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." — 2 Samuel 15:35 (ASV)
And [have you] not there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests ? &c.] To assist in forming schemes directly opposite to Ahithophel's, or to whom he could communicate the secrets of Absalom's court:
therefore it shall be [that] whatever you shall hear out of the king's house ; Absalom's, who was now in possession of the house and palace of David:
you shall tell [it] to Zadok and Abiathar the priests ; to whom he might have recourse without suspicion, pretending he had business with them as priests, on religious accounts, to offer sacrifices for him, &c.