2 Samuel 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 

1Sa 20:38; 2Sa 15:14,28; 2Sa 15:28; 2Sa 17:21,22; 2Sa 20:19,20; Ps 35:25; Ps 55:8; Ps 56:2; Ps 57:3; Pr 6:4,5; Mt 24:16-18; 1Co 15:54; 2Co 5:4

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.”