2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”

2 Samuel 17:16

17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.”


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tn Heb “Arise!”

tn Heb “let’s flee.”

tn Heb “thrust.”

tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”

tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).

tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

tn Heb “swallowed up.”