24
And behold also Sadoc, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Baethar: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.
25
And the king said to Sadoc, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favour in the eyes of the Lord, then will he bring me back, and he will shew me it and its beauty.
26
But if he should say thus, I have no pleasure in thee; behold, I am, let him do to me according to that which is good in his eyes.
27
And the king said to Sadoc the priest, Behold, thou shalt return to the city in peace, and Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.
28
Behold, I continue in arms in Araboth of the desert, until there come tidings from you to report to me.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.