2 Samuel 17:18
16 Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
19 Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
20 When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- KJV
- Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
- WEB
- But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
- ASV
- But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
- DARBY
- But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
- BLB
- And a boy saw them and told Absalom; and the two of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, and unto him [was] a well in his court, and they went down into it.
- ÅB
- Men en gutt fikk se dem og sa det til Absalom. Da skyndte de seg avsted begge to. I Bahurim gikk de inn til en mann der som hadde en brønn på sin gård; i den steg de ned.
- OTB
- Men en ung mann så dem og fortalte det til Absalom. Så de begge gikk raskt og kom til huset til en mann i Bahurim, som hadde en brønn i gårdsplassen, og de gikk ned i den.
- B1930
- Men en gutt fikk se dem og sa det til Absalom. Da skyndte de sig avsted begge to. I Bahurim gikk de inn til en mann der som hadde en brønn på sin gård; i den steg de ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 3:16
Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
Read in context2 Samuel 16:5
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
Read in context2 Samuel 19:16
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
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