25. Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry God’s chest back into the city. If the Lord thinks well of me, then he will bring me back and let me see it and its home again.
26. But if God says, ‘I’m not pleased with you,’ then I am ready. Let him do to me whatever pleases him."
27. "Do you understand?" the king said to the priest Zadok. "Go back to the city in safety—you and Abiathar with your two sons, your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.
28. I will be waiting in the desert plains until you send word telling me what to do."