John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:36
Behold, they have there with them two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son , and Jonathan, Abiathar's son ,.... As in 2 Samuel 15:27 ; not that they were in the city with them, but they were near it, 2 Samuel 17:17 ; with whom they had a communication: and by whom ye shall send unto me everything that ye can hear ; that is, by the sons of the priests; he telling the priests how things were at court, and they sending their sons with messages to David; which was a good scheme to get... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:31-37
Nothing, it seems, appeared to David more threatening in Absalom's plot than that Ahithophel was in it; for one good head, in such a design, is worth a thousand good hands. Absalom was himself no politician, but he had got one entirely in his interest that was, and would be the more dangerous because he had been all along acquainted with David's counsels and affairs; if therefore he can be baffled, Absalom is as good as routed and the head of the conspiracy cut off. This David endeavours to... read more