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So Zadokוַ צָדוֹקand Abiatharוְאֶבְיָתָרtook backיָּשֶׁבthe arkאֲרוֹןof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםto Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםand they stayedוַיֵּשְׁבוּthere.שָׁם
2 Samuel 15:29
Study it in the app“So Zadok and Abiathar took back the ark of Elohim to Jerusalem, and they stayed there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:29, word by word
- So Zadokצָדוֹקtsadok
Zadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appears- and Abiatharאֶבְיָתָרevyatar
Abiathar
Abiathar: son of the priest Ahimelech; the only one who escaped the slaughter at Nob. He joined David and was his priest (1 Samuel 22:20-23). The name means "the father is abundant."
Where else “evyatar” appears- took backיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- the arkאֲרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and they stayedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
28Look, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to tell me.”
29 · This verse (above)
30David was going up the ascent of the Olives, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, and he was walking barefoot; and all the people who were with him covered, each his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.