2 Samuel 17:14-23

14And AbsalomH53 and allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, The counselH6098 of HushaiH2365 the ArchiteH757 is betterH2896 thanH2896 the counselH6098 of AhithophelH302. For the LORDH3068 had ordainedH6680 to defeat the goodH2896 counselH6098 of AhithophelH302, to the intent that the LORDH3068 might bringH935 evilH7451 uponH935 AbsalomH53.

15Then saidH559 HushaiH2365 unto ZadokH6659 and to AbiatharH54 the priestsH3548. Thus and thus did AhithophelH302 counselH3289 AbsalomH53 and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478; and thus and thus have I counselled.

16NowH6258 therefore sendH7971 quicklyH4120, and tellH5046 DavidH1732, sayingH559, Lodge notH408 this nightH3915 at the fordsH6160 of the wildernessH4057, but in anyH3605 wise passH5674 over; lestH6435 the kingH4428 be swallowedH1104 upH1104, and allH3605 the peopleH5971 that are with him.

17NowH3588 JonathanH3083 and AhimaazH290 stayedH5975 by En-rogelH5883; and a maidservantH8198 used to goH1980 and tellH5046 them; and they wentH1980 and toldH5046 kingH4428 DavidH1732: for they might notH3808 be seenH7200 to comeH935 intoH935 the cityH5892.

18But a ladH5288 sawH7200 them, and toldH5046 AbsalomH53: and they wentH935 bothH8147 of them awayH935 quicklyH4120, and cameH935 to the houseH1004 of a manH376 in BahurimH980, who had a wellH875 in his courtH2691; and they wentH935 downH3381 thither.

19And the womanH802 tookH3947 and spreadH6566 the coveringH4539 over the well’sH875 mouthH6440, and strewed bruised corn thereonH5921; and nothingH3808 was knownH3045.

20And Absalom’sH53 servantsH5650 cameH935 to the womanH802 to the houseH1004; and they saidH559, WhereH346 are AhimaazH290 and JonathanH3083? And the womanH802 saidH559 unto them, They be goneH935 over the brookH4323 of waterH4325. And when they had soughtH1245 and could notH3808 findH4672 them, they returnedH7725 to JerusalemH3389.

21And it cameH1961 to passH5674, afterH310 they were departed, that they cameH1961 upH5927 outH5921 of the wellH875, and wentH5927 and toldH5046 kingH4428 DavidH1732; and they saidH559 unto DavidH1732, AriseH6965 ye, and passH5674 quicklyH4120 over the waterH4325: for thusH3602 hath AhithophelH302 counselled againstH5921 youH3588.

22Then DavidH1732 aroseH6965, and allH3605 the peopleH5971 that were with him, and they passedH5674 over JordanH3383: by the morningH1242 lightH216 there lacked notH3808 one of them that was notH3808 goneH3808 over JordanH3383.

23And when AhithophelH302 sawH7200 that his counselH6098 was notH3808 followed, he saddledH2280 his ass, and aroseH6965, and gat him homeH1004, unto his cityH5892, and setH6965 his houseH1004 in orderH6680, and hanged himselfH413; and he diedH4191, and was buriedH6912 in the sepulchre of his fatherH1.