2 Samuel 17:19-21

New American Standard Bible

¹⁹ And ^(A)the woman ^[a]took a cover and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered barley meal on it, so that nothing was known. ²⁰ Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And ^(B)the woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched and did not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

²¹ It came about after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and reported to King David; and they said to David, “^(C)Set out and cross over the water quickly, because this is what Ahithophel has advised against you.”