撒母耳记下 15:27

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

王又對撒督祭司說：“你不是先見嗎？平平安安地回到城裡去吧！你的兒子亞希瑪斯和亞比亞他的兒子約拿單要與你一同回去。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
王 又 对 祭 司 撒 督 说 ： 你 不 是 先 见 麽 ？ 你 可 以 安 然 回 城 ； 你 儿 子 亚 希 玛 斯 和 亚 比 亚 他 的 儿 子 约 拿 单 都 可 以 与 你 同 去 。

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Zadok and all the Levites with him carried the Ark of the Agreement with God. They set it down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had left the city. ²⁵ The king said to Zadok, "Take the Ark of God back into the city. If the Lord is pleased with me, he will bring me back and will let me see both it and Jerusalem again. ²⁶ But if the Lord says he is not pleased with me, I am ready. He can do what he wants with me." ²⁷ The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Go back to the city in peace and take your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan with you. ²⁸ I will wait near the crossings into the desert until I hear from you." ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there. ³⁰ David went up the Mount of Olives, crying as he went. He covered his head and went barefoot. All the people with David covered their heads also and cried as they went.

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.