Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:18

18 Ránér yǒu yī gè tóngzǐ kànjian tāmen , jiù qù gàosu Yēshālóng . tāmen jímáng paó dào bā hù lín mǒu rén de jiā lǐ . nà rén yuàn zhōng yǒu yīkǒu jǐng , tāmen jiù xià dào jǐng lǐ .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:18

Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom
Saw them conversing with the girl, and departing for David's army; according to Josephus ^F15, they were some horsemen that saw them about two furlongs or a quarter mile from Jerusalem, and acquainted Absalom with it:

but they went both of them away quickly;
made all the haste they could with their message to David:

and came to a man's house in Bahurim;
where very probably they had been informed David had been, whither he came weary, and had refreshment, ( 2 Samuel 16:14 ) ; or rather, perceiving they were discovered and pursued, they turned in hither, the first place they came to, for safety:

which had a well in his court;
which they observed, and was the reason of their turning in:

whither they went down;
to hide themselves from their pursuers, it being dry, as sometimes wells were in the summertime: Josephus says {p}, a woman let them down by a rope.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 7.
F16 Ibid.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:18 In-Context

16 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào jísù dǎfa rén qù , gàosu Dàwèi shuō , jīnyè bùkĕ zhù zaì kuàngyĕ de dùkǒu , wù yào guō hé , miǎndé wáng hé gēnsuí tāde rén dōu beì tūn miè .

17 Nàshí , Yuēnádān hé yà xī mǎ sī zaì yǐn luó jié nàli dĕnghòu , bù gǎn jìn chéng , kǒngpà beì rén kànjian . yǒu yī gè shǐnǚ chūlai , jiāng zhè huà gàosu tāmen , tāmen jiù qù bàoxìn gĕi Dàwèi wáng .

18 Ránér yǒu yī gè tóngzǐ kànjian tāmen , jiù qù gàosu Yēshālóng . tāmen jímáng paó dào bā hù lín mǒu rén de jiā lǐ . nà rén yuàn zhōng yǒu yīkǒu jǐng , tāmen jiù xià dào jǐng lǐ .

19 Nà jiā de fùrén yòng gĕ gaì shàng jǐng kǒu , yòu zaì shàng tóu pū shàng suì maì , shì jiù méiyǒu xiè lòu .

20 Yē Shālóng de púrén lái dào nà jiā , wèn fùrén shuō , yà xī mǎ sī hé Yuēnádān zaì nǎli . fùrén shuō , tāmen guō le hé le . púrén zhǎo tāmen , zhǎo bù zhaó , jiù huí Yēlùsǎlĕng qù le .