2 Samuel 17:17

17 1Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at 2En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.

2 Samuel 17:17 In-Context

15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have counseled.
16 "Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, or else the king and all the people who are with him will be destroyed.' "
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.
18 But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
19 And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Samuel 15:27, 36
  • 2. Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:16
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