2 Samuel 17:16-17

17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, ¹  “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert ²  tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, ³  or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” ⁴ 

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.

[17:16]  ¹ tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”

[17:16]  ² tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).

[17:16]  ³ tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

[17:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “swallowed up.”