²² So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn.

⁹ He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”^[a]

¹⁶ “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

²⁴ David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River.

⁴⁹ and said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!