2 Samuel 17
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2 Samuel 17:17-20

17Now JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 were stayingH5975 at En-rogelH5883, where a servant girlH8198 would comeH1980 and pass along informationH5046 to them. TheyH1992 in turn would goH1980 and informH5046 KingH4428 DavidH1732, forH3588 they daredH3201 notH3808 be seenH7200 enteringH935 the cityH5892. 18But a young manH5288 did seeH7200 themH853 and toldH5046 AbsalomH53. So the twoH8147 leftH1980 quicklyH4120 and cameH935 toH413 the houseH1004 of a manH376 in BahurimH980. He had a wellH875 in his courtyardH2691, and they climbed downH3381 into itH8033. 19Then the man’s wifeH802 tookH3947 a coveringH4539, spreadH6566 it overH5921 the mouthH6440 of the wellH875, and scatteredH7849 grainH7383 over itH5921 so nobodyH3808 would knowH3045 a thingH1697.

20When Absalom’sH53 servantsH5650 cameH935 toH413 the womanH802 at the houseH1004, they askedH559, “WhereH346 are AhimaazH290 and JonathanH3083?”

“They have crossed overH5674 the brookH4323H4325,” sheH802 repliedH559. The men searchedH1245 but did notH3808 findH4672 them, so they returnedH7725 to JerusalemH3389.

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