Discovery Box2 Samuel 15:14 
Context15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, 1 “Come on! 2 Let’s escape! 3 Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring 4 disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” 5
2 Samuel 17:16
Context17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, 6 “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert 7 tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, 8 or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” 9
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn Heb “Arise!”
3 tn Heb “let’s flee.”
4 tn Heb “thrust.”
5 tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
6 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
7 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).
8 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
9 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
