2 Samuel 17:15-22

2 Samuel 17:15-22

[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  lest the king  be swallowed up,  and all the people  [17] Now Jonathan  and Ahimaaz  stayed  by Enrogel;  for they might  not be seen  to come  into the city:  and a wench  went  and told  king  David.  [18] Nevertheless a lad  saw  them, and told  Absalom:  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.  [21] And it came to pass, after  that they came up  out of the well,  and told  king  David,  and said  unto David,  Arise,  and pass quickly  over  the water:  for thus hath Ahithophel  counselled  [22] 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.