2 Samuel 17
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2 Samuel 17:17-29

171Now JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 were stayingH5975 at 2En-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 3in BahurimH980, who had a wellH875 in his courtyardH2691, and they wentH3381 downH3381 4into it. 19And 5the womanH802 6tookH3947 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 7the 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, “8AriseH6965 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 9dawnH216H1242 not evenH5704 oneH259 remainedH5737 whoH834 had not crossedH5674 the JordanH3383.

23Now whenH3512 AhithophelH302 sawH7200 that his counselH6098 was not 10followedH6213, he 11saddledH2280 his donkeyH2543 and aroseH6965 and wentH1980 to his homeH1004, to 12his cityH5892, and 1314setH6680 his houseH1004 in orderH6680, and 15strangledH2614 himself; thus he diedH4191 and was buriedH6912 in the graveH6913 of his fatherH1.

24Then DavidH1732 cameH935 to 16MahanaimH4266. And AbsalomH53 crossedH5674 the JordanH3383, he and allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 with him. 25AbsalomH53 setH7760 17AmasaH6021 overH5921 the armyH6635 in placeH8478 of JoabH3097. Now AmasaH6021 was the sonH1121 of a manH376 whose nameH8034 was 18IthraH3501 the IsraeliteH3481, whoH834 wentH935 in to AbigailH26 the daughterH1323 of 19NahashH5176, sisterH269 of ZeruiahH6870, Joab’sH3097 motherH517. 26And IsraelH3478 and AbsalomH53 campedH2583 in the landH776 of GileadH1568.

27Now when DavidH1732 had comeH935 to MahanaimH4266, ShobiH7629 20the sonH1121 of NahashH5176 from 21RabbahH7237 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983, 22MachirH4353 the sonH1121 of AmmielH5988 from Lo-debarH3810, and 23BarzillaiH1271 the GileaditeH1569 from RogelimH7274, 28broughtH5066 24bedsH4904, basinsH5592, potteryH3627, wheatH2406, barleyH8184, flourH7058, parchedH7039 grain, beansH6321, lentilsH5742, parchedH7039 seeds, 29honeyH1706, curdsH2529, sheepH6629, and cheeseH8194 of the herdH1241, for DavidH1732 and for the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him, 25to eatH398; for they saidH559, “The peopleH5971 are hungryH7457 and wearyH5889 and thirstyH6771 in the wildernessH4057.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 17:17 2 Sam 15:27, 36 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 17:17 Josh 15:7; 18:16 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 17:18 2 Sam 3:16; 16:5 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 17:18 Lit there ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 17:19 Josh 2:4-6 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 17:19 Lit took and spread the covering ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 17:20 Lev 19:11; Josh 2:3-5; 1 Sam 19:12-17 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 17:21 2 Sam 17:15, 16 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 17:22 Lit the light of the morning ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit done ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit bound ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 17:23 2 Sam 15:12 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit gave charge to ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 17:23 2 Kin 20:1 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 17:23 Matt 27:5 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 17:24 Gen 32:2, 10; 2 Sam 2:8 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 17:25 2 Sam 19:13; 20:9-12; 1 Kin 2:5, 32 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 17:25 In 1 Chr 2:17, Jether the Ishmaelite ↩
  19. 19. 2 Samuel 17:25 1 Chr 2:16 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Samuel 17:27 1 Sam 11:1; 2 Sam 10:1, 2 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 12:26, 29 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 9:4 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Samuel 17:27 2 Sam 19:31-39; 1 Kin 2:7 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Samuel 17:28 Prov 11:25; Matt 5:7 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Samuel 17:29 2 Sam 16:2, 14; Prov 21:26; Eccl 11:1; Rom 12:13 ↩

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