John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 15:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And [hast thou] not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? etc.] 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] what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house; Absalom’s, who had now, at possession of the house and palace of David: thou shalt 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, etc.

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