2 Samuel 17:19

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

18וַיַּרְא אֹתָם נַעַר וַיַּגֵּד לְאַבְשָׁלֹם וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְהֵרָה וַיָּבֹאוּ ׀ אֶל ־ בֵּֽית ־ אִישׁ בְּבַחוּרִים וְל/וֹ בְאֵר בַּחֲצֵרוֹ וַיֵּרְדוּ שָֽׁם ׃

20וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶֽל ־ הָאִשָּׁה הַבַּיְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אַיֵּה אֲחִימַעַץ וִיהוֹנָתָן וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הָֽאִשָּׁה עָבְרוּ מִיכַל הַמָּיִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ וְלֹא מָצָאוּ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃ ס

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4וַתִּקַּח הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶת ־ שְׁנֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים וַֽתִּצְפְּנוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר ׀ כֵּן בָּאוּ אֵלַי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מֵאַיִן הֵֽמָּה ׃

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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