2 Samuel 17:18

17:18 But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

2 Samuel 19:8

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ¹  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ²  had all fled to their own homes. ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “all the people.”

² tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

³ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”