## Targum Jonathan on II Samuel Chapter 15

###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:1
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וַהֲוָה מִבָּתַר כֵּן וַעֲבֵד לֵיהּ אַבְשָׁלוֹם רְתִיכִין וְסוּסְוַן וְחַמְשִׁין גַבְרָא רָדְפִין קֳדָמוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
After this Absalom got himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to ride before him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:2
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וּמַקְדִים אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְקָאֵים עַל כֵּיבַשׁ אוֹרַח תַּרְעָא וַהֲוֵי כָּל גַבְרָא דִיהֵי לֵיהּ דִין לְמֵיעַל לָקֳדָם מַלְכָּא לְמֵידַן וּקְרֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם לֵיהּ וַאֲמַר אֵי מִדָא קַרְתָּא אַתְּ וַאֲמַר מֵחַד שִׁבְטַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Absalom used to rise early and stand on the path of the gateway. And when any man had a suit to come before the king for jurisdiction, Absalom would call him, and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:3
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבְשָׁלוֹם חֲזֵי פִתְגָמָךְ תַּקְנִין וְיָאָן וְשָׁמַע לֵית לָךְ מִן קֳדָם מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Absalom would say to him, “See, your affairs are right and proper, but there is no man deputed before the king to hear you.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:4
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וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם מַן יְמַנַנִי דַיָנָא בְּאַרְעָא וְקָדָמַי יֵיתִי כָּל גְבַר דִיהֵי לֵיהּ דִין וּמַצוּ וְאַדִינַנֵיהּ בִקְשׁוֹט:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Absalom said, “Who would appoint me judge in the land? Then every man who had a suit or quarrel might come before me, and I would judge in truth.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:5
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וַהֲוָה כַּד קְרַב גַבְרָא לְמִסְגַד לֵיהּ וּמוֹשִׁיט יַת יְדֵיהּ וּמַתְקֵיף בֵּיהּ וּנְשִׁיק לֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And whenever a man approached to bow down for him, he would stretch out his hand, and take hold of him, and kiss him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:6
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וַעֲבַד אַבְשָׁלוֹם כְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאָתָן לְמִידַן לְוַת מַלְכָּא וְגָנֵב אַבְשָׁלוֹם יַת לִבָּא דֶאֱנָשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who were coming before the king for a suit; so Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:7
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וַהֲוָה מִסוֹף אַרְבְּעִין שְׁנִין וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לְמַלְכָּא אַזִיל כְּעַן וַאֲשַׁלֵם יַת נִדְרִי דִנְדָרִית קֳדָם יְיָ בְּחֶבְרוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And at the end of forty years Absalom said to the king, “Let me go now and fulfil my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD in Hebron.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:8
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אֲרֵי נִדְרָא נְדַר עַבְדָךְ בְּמֵיתְבֵי בִּגְשׁוּר בַּאֲרָם לְמֵימָר אִם אֲתָבָא יְתִיבִינַנִי יְיָ לִירוּשְׁלֵם וְאֶפְלָח קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For your servant vowed a vow during my stay in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will worship before the LORD.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:9
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ מַלְכָּא אֱזֵיל בִּשְׁלָם וְקָם וַאֲזַל לְחֶבְרוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:10
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וּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלוֹם מְאַלְלִין בְּכָל שִׁבְטַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימָר כְּמִשְׁמָעֲכוֹן יַת קַל שׁוֹפָרָא וְתֵימְרוּן מְלַךְ אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּחֶבְרוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the horn, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:11
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וְעִם אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֲזַלוּ מָאתָן גַבְרִין מִירוּשְׁלֵם זְמִינִין וְאָזְלִין לְתוּמֵיהוֹן וְלָא יָדְעִין כָּל מִדָעַם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited, and were going in their simplicity, and knew nothing at all.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:12
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וּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלוֹם יַת אֲחִיתוֹפֶל גִילוֹנָאָה מָלִיכָא דְדָוִד מִקַרְתֵּיהּ מִגִלֹה בְּדַבָּחוּתֵיהּ יַת דִבְחַיָא וַהֲוָה מַרְדָא תַּקִיף וְעַמָא אָזֵיל וְסַגִי עִם אַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city Giloh, while he was slaughtering the slaughterings. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:13
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וַאֲתָא דִמְחַוֵי לְוַת דָוִד לְמֵימָר אִתְפְנֵי לִבָּא דֶאֱנָשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And someone came telling David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have turned after Absalom.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:14
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְכָל עַבְדוֹהִי דִי עִמֵיהּ בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קוּמוּ וְנַעֲרוֹק אֲרֵי לָא תְהֵי לָנָא שֵׁיזְבָא מִן קֳדָם אַבְשָׁלוֹם אוֹחוּ לְמֵיזַל דִילְמָא יוֹחִי וְיִדְבְּקִינָנָא וְיִכְמוֹן יַת בִּישְׁתָא עֲלָנָא וְיִמְחֵי יַת קַרְתָּא לְפִתְגַם דְחָרֶב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee! For there will be no escape for us from before Absalom. Go in a hurry, lest he hurry and overtake us, and makes an evil ambush against us, and strikes the city by means of the sword.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:15
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וַאֲמַרוּ עַבְדֵי מַלְכָּא לְמַלְכָּא כְּכָל דְיֵימַר רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא הָא עַבְדָיִךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king’s servants said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king says, behold, your servants.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:16
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וּנְפַק מַלְכָּא וְכָל אֱנַשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ דִי עִמֵיהּ וּשְׁבַק מַלְכָּא יַת עֲשַׂר נְשִׁין לְחֵינָן לְמִטַר בֵּיתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So the king went forth, and all the people of his house with him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:17
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וּנְפַק מַלְכָּא וְכָל אֱנַשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ עִמֵיהּ וְקָמוּ בַּאֲתַר דְרָחִיק:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king went forth, and all the people who were with him, and they halted at a distant place.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:18
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וְכָל עַבְדוֹהִי עָבְרִין עַל יְדוֹהִי וְכָל קַשָׁתַיָא וְכָל קַלְעַיָא וְכָל גִתָּאֵי שִׁית מְאָה גַבְרָא דְאָתָן עִמֵיהּ מִגַת עָבְרִין קֳדָם מַלְכָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And all his servants passed by him. And all the archers and the slingers, and all the six hundred Gittites who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:19
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְאִתַּי גִיתָּאָה לְמָא תֵיזֵיל אַף אַתְּ עִמָנָא תּוּב וְתֵיב עִם מַלְכָּא אֲרֵי נוּכְרָא אַתְּ וְאַף אִם גָלֵי אַתְּ אֱזֵיל לָךְ לְאַתְרָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back, and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner. So if you are exiled, go to your own place.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:20
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תְּמָלֵי אֲתֵיתָא וְיוֹמָא דֵין אֲטַלְטְלִינָךְ עִמָנָא לְמֵיזַל וַאֲנָא אָזֵיל לַאֲתַר דְלֵית אֲנָא יְדַע לְאָן אֲנָא אָזֵיל תּוּב וַאֲתֵיב יַת אֲחָךְ עִמָךְ וַעֲבֵיד עִמְהוֹן טִיבוּ וּקְשׁוֹט:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Yesterday you came, and shall I today drive you away to go with us, seeing I am going to a place of which I do not know I am going to? Go back, and make your brethren go back with you, and show them goodness and loyalty.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:21
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וַאֲתֵיב אִתַּי יַת מַלְכָּא וַאֲמַר קַיָים הוּא יְיָ וְקַיָים רִיבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא אֱלָהֵין בְּאַתְרָא דִיהֵי תַמָן רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא אִם לְמוֹתָא וְאִם לְחַיֵי אֲרֵי תַמָן יְהֵי עַבְדָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD is the existing One, and by the life of my lord the king, whatever place my lord the king will be, whether for death or for life, there will your servant be.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:22
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאִתַּי אֱזֵיל וֶעֱבַר וַעֲבַר אִתַּי גִתָאָה וְכָל גַבְרוֹהִי וְכָל טַפְלָא דְעִימֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on, and all his men and all the little ones who were with him.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:23
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וְכָל דַיָירֵי אַרְעָא בָּכַן קַל רַב וְכָל עַמָא עָבְרִין וּמַלְכָּא עֲבַר בְּנַחֲלָא דְקִדְרוּן וְכָל עַמָא עָבְרִין עַל אַפֵּי אוֹרַח מַדְבְּרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And all the inhabitants of the land wept aloud as all the people passed by. And the king passed by through the wadi Kidron, and all the people passed by on the road in the desert.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:24
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וְהָא אַף צָדוֹק וְכָל לְוָאֵי עִמֵיהּ נַטְלִין יַת אֲרוֹן קְיָמָא דַייָ וַאֲקִימוּ יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וּסְלִיק אֶבְיָתָר עַד דִשְׁלִים כָּל עַמָא לְמֶעְבַּר מִן קַרְתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And behold, also Zadok and all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and they set up the ark of the LORD. And Abiathar stopped until all the people had passed out of the city.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:25
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְצָדוֹק אֲתֵיב יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ לְקַרְתָּא אִם אַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין קֳדָם יְיָ וִיתִיבִינַנִי וְיַחְזִינַנִי קֳדָמוֹהִי וְאֶפְלַח קֳדָמוֹהִי בְּבֵית מַקְדְשֵׁיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the king said to Zadok, “Bring back the ark of the LORD to the city. If I find favour before the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see before Him, and I shall worship before Him in his sanctuary.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:26
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וְאִם כְּדֵין יֵימַר לָא רַעֲוָא קֳדָמַי בָּךְ הָא אֲנָא יַעְבֵּיד לִי כְּמָא דְרַעֲוָא קֳדָמוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
but if He speaks like this, ‘There is no delight in you before Me,’ here am I. Let him do what seems right before Him.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:27
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וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא לְצָדוֹק כַּהֲנָא חֶזְוַיָא אַתְּ תּוּב לְקַרְתָּא בִּשְׁלָם וַאֲחִימַעַץ בְּרָךְ וִיהוֹנָתָן בַּר אֶבְיָתָר תְּרֵין בְּנֵיכוֹן עִמְכוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The king said to Zadok the priest, “You are the seer. Go back to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:28
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חֲזוֹ דַאֲנָא מִתְעַכֵּב בְּמֵישְׁרֵי מַדְבְּרָא עַד דְיִמְטֵי פִּתְגָמָא מִנְכוֹן לְחַוָאָה לִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Perceive that I will be staying in the valleys of the desert, until word reaches me from you to inform me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:29
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וַאֲתֵיב צָדוֹק וְאֶבְיָתָר יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ לִירוּשְׁלֵם וִיתִיבוּ תַמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Zadok and Abiathar brought the ark of the LORD back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:30
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וְדָוִד סָלִיק בְּמַסְקָנָא דְטוּר זֵיתַיָא סָלִיק וּבָכֵי וְרֵישֵׁיהּ לֵיהּ מְכָרֵךְ וְהוּא אָזֵיל יָחֵיף וְכָל עַמָא דְעִמֵיהּ כָּרִיכוּ גְבַר רֵישֵׁיהּ וְסַלְקִין מְסַק וּבָכָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up, with his head covered. And he was going barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their head, and they went up, weeping while they were going up.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:31
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וְדָוִד אִתְחַוָא לְמֵימָר אֲחִיתוֹפֶל בִּמְרוֹדַיָא עִם אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲמַר דָוִד קַלְקֵל כְּעַן יַת מִלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when it was told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom,” David said, “Ruin the counsel of Ahithophel now, O LORD.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:32
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וַהֲוָה דָוִד אֲתָא עַד רֵישׁ טוּרַיָא דִי סְגִיד תַּמָן קֳדָם יְיָ וְהָא לָקָדָמוּתֵיהּ חוּשַׁי אַרְכָּאָה מְבַזְעִין לְבוּשׁוֹהִי וְעַפְרָא רְמֵי בְּרֵישֵׁיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David came to the top of the mount, where he used to bow down before the LORD, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, with his clothes torn and earth thrown upon his head.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:33
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ דָוִד אִם עֲבַרְתָּא עִמִי וּתְהֵי עָלַי לְמָטוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden for me.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:34
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וְאִם לְקַרְתָּא תְתוּב וְתֵימַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם עַבְדָךְ אֲנָא מַלְכָּא אֱהֵי עַבְדָא דַאֲבוּךְ וַאֲנָא מִבְּכַן וּכְעַן וַאֲנָא עַבְדָךְ וּתְקַלְקֵל לִי יַת מַלְכָּא דַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant formerly, so now I will be your servant.’ So you will ruin Ahithophel’s counsel for me.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:35
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וַהֲלָא עִמָךְ תַּמָן צָדוֹק וְאֶבְיָתָר כַּהֲנַיָא וִיהֵי כָּל פִּתְגָמָא דְתִשְׁמַע מִבֵּית מַלְכָּא תְּחַוֵי לְצָדוֹק וּלְאֶבְיָתָר כַּהֲנַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever word you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:36
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הָא תַּמָן עִמְהוֹן תְּרֵין בְּנֵיהוֹן אֲחִימַעַץ לְצָדוֹק וִיהוֹנָתָן לְאֶבְיָתָר וְתִשְׁלְחוּן בִּידֵיהוֹן לְוָתִי כָּל מִדָעַם דְתִשְׁמְעוּן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz of Zadok and Jonathan of Abiathar. And by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”


###### Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 15:37
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וַאֲתָא חוּשַׁי שׁוֹשְׁבִינָא דְדָוִד לְקַרְתָּא וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם אֲתָא לִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So Hushai, David’s close friend, came into the city, just as Absalom came to Jerusalem.