2 Samuel 17:18
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
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.
19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, 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
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
Read in context2 Samuel 16:5
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
Read in context2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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