2 Samuel 17
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2 Samuel 17:15-22

15Then 1HushaiH2365 saidH559 to ZadokH6659 and to AbiatharH54 the priestsH3548, “2ThisH2088 is whatH2088 AhithophelH302 counseledH3289 AbsalomH53 and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478, and 3thisH2088 is whatH2088 I have counseledH3289. 16NowH6258 therefore, sendH7971 quicklyH4120 and tellH5046 DavidH1732, sayingH559, ‘4Do 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 5destroyedH1104.’” 176Now JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 were stayingH5975 at 7En-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 8in BahurimH980, who had a wellH875 in his courtyardH2691, and they wentH3381 downH3381 9into it. 19And 10the womanH802 11tookH3947 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 12the 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, “13AriseH6965 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 14dawnH216H1242 not evenH5704 oneH259 remainedH5737 whoH834 had not crossedH5674 the JordanH3383.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 17:15 2 Sam 15:35, 36 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 17:15 Lit Thus and thus ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 17:15 Lit Thus and thus ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 17:16 2 Sam 15:28 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 17:16 Lit swallowed up ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 17:17 2 Sam 15:27, 36 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 17:17 Josh 15:7; 18:16 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 17:18 2 Sam 3:16; 16:5 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 17:18 Lit there ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 17:19 Josh 2:4-6 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 17:19 Lit took and spread the covering ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 17:20 Lev 19:11; Josh 2:3-5; 1 Sam 19:12-17 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 17:21 2 Sam 17:15, 16 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 17:22 Lit the light of the morning ↩

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