Discovery Box2 Samuel 18:23 
Context18:23 But he said, 1 “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab 2 said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.
2 Samuel 19:17-18
Context19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant 3 of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed 4 the Jordan within sight of the king. 19:18 They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.
Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.
2 Samuel 20:2
Context20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted 5 David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River 6 to Jerusalem. 7
1 tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “youth.”
4 tn Heb “rushed into.”
5 tn Heb “went up from after.”
6 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
