17 (A)Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz (B)stayed at (C)En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.

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17 Jonathan(A) and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel.(B) A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.

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20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

So (A)the woman said to them, “They have gone over the water brook.”

And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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20 When Absalom’s men came to the woman(A) at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

The woman answered them, “They crossed over the brook.”[a] The men searched but found no one, so they returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 17:20 Or “They passed by the sheep pen toward the water.”