2 Samuel 17:15-22

15Then 1Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “2This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and 3this is what I have counseled. 16Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘4Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, or else the king and all the people who are with him will be 5destroyed.’” 176Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at 7En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city. 18But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man 8in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down 9into it. 19And 10the woman 11took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known. 20Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And 12the woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

21It came about after they had departed that they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “13Arise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.” 22Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan; and by 14dawn not even one remained who had not crossed the Jordan.