Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Absalom's officials came to the house and asked the woman, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" "They crossed the river," she answered. The men looked for them but could not find them, and so they returned to Jerusalem. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And 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. They be gone 2 Samuel 15:34 But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel. Exodus 1:19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them. Joshua 2:4,5 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were: . . . 1 Samuel 19:14-17 And Saul sent officers to seize David; and it was answered that he was sick. . . . 1 Samuel 21:2 And David said to Achimelech, the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said: Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands I have given thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 1 Samuel 27:11,12 And David saved neither man nor woman, neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistines. . . . when they had sought Joshua 2:22,23 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days, till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not. . . . Context Hushai's Warning Saves David…19And 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. 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.21And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.… Cross References Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither shall any man deceive his neighbour. Joshua 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land. 1 Samuel 19:12 She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away, and escaped. Jump to Previous Absalom Absalom's Ab'salom's Ahimaaz Ahim'a-Az Brook Crossed Find Found House Jerusalem Jonathan Passed Searched Searching Servants Sought Stream Turn WaterJump to Next Absalom Absalom's Ab'salom's Ahimaaz Ahim'a-Az Brook Crossed Find Found House Jerusalem Jonathan Passed Searched Searching Servants Sought Stream Turn WaterLinks 2 Samuel 17:20 NIV2 Samuel 17:20 NLT 2 Samuel 17:20 ESV 2 Samuel 17:20 NASB 2 Samuel 17:20 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 17:20 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 17:20 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 17:20 French Bible 2 Samuel 17:20 German Bible Alphabetical: Absalom's Ahimaaz and answered are asked at brook but came could crossed find found have house Jerusalem Jonathan men no not of one over returned said searched servants so the them Then they to water When Where woman OT History: 2 Samuel 17:20 Absalom's servants came to the woman (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |