2 Samuel 15:21-29

21But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, 1wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there assuredly shall your servant be!” 22Then David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over the brook Kidron.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the 2little ones who were with him. 23While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over. The king was also crossing over 3the brook Kidron, and all the people were crossing over toward 4the way of the wilderness.

24Now behold, 5Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, 6carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and 7Abiathar came up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. 25And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then 8He will bring me back and show me both it and 9His habitation. 26But if He says this: ‘10I have no delight in you,’ then here I am, 11let Him do to me as seems good 12to Him.” 27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not 13a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your 14two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28See, I am going to wait 15at the river crossing places of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there.