2 Samuel 17:14-23

14Then AbsalomH53 and allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, “The counselH6098 of HushaiH2365 the ArchiteH757 is betterH2896 thanH4480 the counselH6098 of AhithophelH302.” For 1the LordH3068 had ordainedH6680 to thwartH6565 the goodH2896 counselH6098 of AhithophelH302, soH5668 that the LordH3068 might bringH935 calamityH7463 on AbsalomH53.

15Then 2HushaiH2365 saidH559 to ZadokH6659 and to AbiatharH54 the priestsH3548, “3ThisH2088 is whatH2088 AhithophelH302 counseledH3289 AbsalomH53 and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478, and 4thisH2088 is whatH2088 I have counseledH3289. 16NowH6258 therefore, sendH7971 quicklyH4120 and tellH5046 DavidH1732, sayingH559, ‘5Do not spendH3885 the nightH3915 at the fordsH6160 of the wildernessH4057, but by allH1571H5674 meansH5674 crossH5674 overH5674, orH6435 elseH6435 the kingH4428 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 are with him will be 6destroyedH1104.’” 177Now JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 were stayingH5975 at 8En-rogelH5883, and a maidservantH8198 would goH1980 and tellH5046 them, and they would goH1980 and tellH5046 KingH4428 DavidH1732, for they couldH3201 not be seenH7200 enteringH935 the cityH5892. 18But a ladH5288 did seeH7200 them and toldH5046 AbsalomH53; so the twoH8147 of them departedH1980 quicklyH4120 and cameH935 to the houseH1004 of a manH376 9in BahurimH980, who had a wellH875 in his courtyardH2691, and they wentH3381 downH3381 10into it. 19And 11the womanH802 12tookH3947 a coveringH4539 and spreadH6566 it overH5921 the well’sH875 mouthH6440 and scatteredH7849 grainH7383 on it, so that nothingH3808H1697 was knownH3045. 20Then Absalom’sH53 servantsH5650 cameH935 to the womanH802 at the houseH1004 and saidH559, “WhereH346 are AhimaazH290 and JonathanH3083?” And 13the womanH802 saidH559 to them, “They have crossedH5674 the brookH4323 of waterH4325.” And whenH3512 they searchedH1245 and could not findH4672 them, they returnedH7725 to JerusalemH3389.

21It cameH1961 about afterH310 they had departedH1980 that they cameH5927 up out of the wellH875 and wentH1980 and toldH5046 KingH4428 DavidH1732; and they saidH559 to DavidH1732, “14AriseH6965 and crossH5674 overH5674 the waterH4325 quicklyH4120 for thusH3602 AhithophelH302 has counseledH3289 againstH5921 you.” 22Then DavidH1732 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him aroseH6965 and crossedH5674 the JordanH3383; and by 15dawnH216H1242 not evenH5704 oneH259 remainedH5737 whoH834 had not crossedH5674 the JordanH3383.

23Now whenH3512 AhithophelH302 sawH7200 that his counselH6098 was not 16followedH6213, he 17saddledH2280 his donkeyH2543 and aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to his homeH1004, to 18his cityH5892, and 1920setH6680 his houseH1004 in orderH6680, and 21strangledH2614 himself; thus he diedH4191 and was buriedH6912 in the graveH6913 of his fatherH1.