2 Samuel 17:19

And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

In Context

18But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it.

20And when Absalom's servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 17:16-22

Information Sent to David. ( b. c. 1023.) 15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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