2 Samuel 17:15-18

17:15 Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders ¹  of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised. 17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, ²  “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert ³  tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, ⁴  or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” ⁵ 

17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city. 17:18 But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

[17:15]  ¹ tn Heb “elders.”

[17:16]  ² tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”

[17:16]  ³ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).

[17:16]  ⁴ tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

[17:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “swallowed up.”