2 Samuel 17:18

וַיַּרְא אֹתָם נַעַר וַיַּגֵּד לְאַבְשָׁלֹם וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְהֵרָה וַיָּבֹאוּ ׀ אֶל ־ בֵּֽית ־ אִישׁ בְּבַחוּרִים וְל/וֹ בְאֵר בַּחֲצֵרוֹ וַיֵּרְדוּ שָֽׁם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17וִיהוֹנָתָן וַאֲחִימַעַץ עֹמְדִים בְּעֵין ־ רֹגֵל וְהָלְכָה הַשִּׁפְחָה וְהִגִּידָה לָהֶם וְהֵם יֵֽלְכוּ וְהִגִּידוּ לַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד כִּי לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְהֵרָאוֹת לָבוֹא הָעִֽירָה ׃

19וַתִּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה וַתִּפְרֹשׂ אֶת ־ הַמָּסָךְ עַל ־ פְּנֵי הַבְּאֵר וַתִּשְׁטַח עָלָיו הָֽרִפוֹת וְלֹא נוֹדַע דָּבָֽר ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:16וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתָּהּ אִישָׁהּ הָלוֹךְ וּבָכֹה אַחֲרֶיהָ עַד ־ בַּֽחֻרִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְנֵר לֵךְ שׁוּב וַיָּשֹֽׁב ׃

2 Samuel 19:16וַיָּשָׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיָּבֹא עַד ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן וִיהוּדָה בָּא הַגִּלְגָּלָה לָלֶכֶת לִקְרַאת הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַעֲבִיר אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ הַיַּרְדֵּֽן ׃

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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