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2 Samuel 17:22

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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.

21 After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.

23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

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BSB
So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
KJV
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
WEB
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
ASV
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
DARBY
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.
BLB
And David arose, and all the people who [were] with him, and they passed over the Jordan until the light of the morning; not even one of them was left who had not gone over the Jordan.
ÅB
Da brøt de opp, både David og alt folket som var med ham, og satte over Jordan; da morgenen lyste fram, manglet det ikke en eneste mann som ikke var gått over Jordan.
OTB
Så reiste David og alle folket som var med ham seg og krysset Jordan. Ved daggry var det ikke én person igjen som ikke hadde krysset Jordan.
B1930
Da brøt de op, både David og alt folket som var med ham, og satte over Jordan; da morgenen lyste frem, manglet det ikke en eneste mann som ikke var gått over Jordan.

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