2 Samuel 17:16
17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, 1 “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert 2 tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, 3 or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” 4
2 Samuel 19:7
19:7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to 5 your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”
1 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
2 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).
3 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
4 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
5 tn Heb “and speak to the heart of.”