2 Samuel 17:19-21
1599 Geneva Bible
19 And [a]the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon, that the thing should not be known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the wife into the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman answered them, They be gone over the [b]brook of water. And when they had sought them, and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto him, Up, and get you quickly over the water: for [c]such counsel hath Ahithophel given against you.
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- 2 Samuel 17:19 Thus God sendeth succor to his, in their greatest dangers.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 The Chaldea text readeth: Now they have passed the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 To wit, to pursue thee with all haste.
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