2 Samuel 17:17–22

^17aNow Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at ^bEn-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.

¹⁸But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man ^ain Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down ¹into it.

¹⁹And ^athe woman ¹took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

²⁰Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And ^athe woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

²¹It came about after they had departed that they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “^aArise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.”

²²Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan; and by ¹dawn not even one remained who had not crossed the Jordan.