2 Samuel 17:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.”
2 Samuel 17:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 17:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 17:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.”
2 Samuel 17:18 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 17:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither. ”
2 Samuel 17:18 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 17:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,”
2 Samuel 17:18 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 17:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there. ”
2 Samuel 17:18 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 17:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Neuerthelesse a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom. therefore they both departed quickely, and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.”
2 Samuel 17:18 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 17:18 in Context — 2 Samuel 17
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
What Does 2 Samuel 17:18 Mean?
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