2 Samuel 17:16

Translations

Modern

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And now send quickly and declare to David, saying, ‘Do not spend the night in the plains of the wilderness, and also surely pass over, lest the king be swallowed up and all the people who are with him.’”

Latin

Nunc ergo mittite cito, et nuntiate David, dicentes: Ne moreris nocte hac in campestribus deserti, sed absque dilatione transgredere: ne forte absorbeatur rex, et omnis populus qui cum eo est.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Abiathar Absalom David Counsel from Others

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

2 Samuel 15:28
See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
1 Corinthians 15:54
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
Psalm 57:3
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Psalm 56:2
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
Matthew 24:16–18
…then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Proverbs 6:4–5
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
2 Samuel 20:19–20
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
2 Samuel 17:21–22
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Psalm 55:8
I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

Parallels

Psalm 55:1–23

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Absalom Ahimaaz David Gilead (Place) Hushai Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Abiathar: Helps David by Sending his Son from Jerusalem to David with Secret Information Concerning the Counsel of Ahithophel Ahithophel: Joins Absalom Citizens: Loyal: Hushai David Retreats To, at the Time of Absalom's Rebellion Falsehood: The Wife of the Bahurimite Who Saved the Lives of Hushai's Messengers Friendship: David and Hushai Loyalty: Hushai Spies used at the Court of Absalom

2 Samuel 17:16

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