Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you.<n id="1" /> Everything you hear in the king&#8217;s palace<n id="2" /> you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

<p class="bodytext">Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, &#8220;Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders<n id="1" /> of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

<p class="bodytext">Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, &#8220;Tell the elders of Judah, &#8216;Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace,<n id="1" /> when everything Israel is saying has come to the king&#8217;s attention.<n id="2" />