28. “See, I am waiting in the desert plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
29. And Tsaḏoq and Eḇyathar took the ark of Elohim back to Yerushalayim, and they remained there.
30. And Dawiḏ went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up. And he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.
31. And Dawiḏ was informed, saying, “Aḥithophel is among the conspirators with Aḇshalom.” And Dawiḏ said, “O יהוה, I pray You, make the counsel of Aḥithophel foolish!”
32. And it came to be that Dawiḏ came to the summit, where he bowed himself before Elohim, and saw Ḥushai the Arkite, coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
33. And Dawiḏ said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you shall become a burden to me,