2Samuel:17:15-21
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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 .
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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 .
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Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel ;
for they might not be seen to come into the city :
and a wench went and told them ;
and they went and told king David .
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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 .
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And the woman took and spread a covering over the well '
s mouth ,
and spread ground corn thereon ;
and the thing was not known .
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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 .
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And it came to pass ,
after they were departed ,
that they came up out of the well ,
and went and told king David ,
and said unto David ,
Arise ,
and pass quickly over the water :
for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you .