See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
Here we have, I. The fidelity of the priests and Levites and their firm adherence to David and his interest. They knew David's great affection to them and their office, notwithstanding his failings. The method Absalom took to gain people's affections made no impression upon them; he had little religion in him, and therefore they steadily adhered to David.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 15:24-30
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness,.... Towards the way of which David and the people went when they came over Kidron, Sa2 15:23, until there come word from you to certify me; of the truth of the conspiracy, of the number of the conspirators, and who they are, what progress they have made, whether come to Jerusalem, and how they behave...
2Sa 15:27-28 He also said still further to Zadok, “Thou seer! return into the city in peace.” אתּה הרואה, with ה interrog., does not yield any appropriate sense, as ה cannot stand for הלוא here, simply because it does not relate to a thing which the person addressed could not deny.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 15:27-28