2 Samuel 17:16

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”

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WEBBE

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”

BSB

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.’”

KJV

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.

ASV

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

BBE

So now send the news quickly to David, and say, Do not take your night's rest by the way across the river to the waste land, but be certain to go over; or the king and all the people with him will come to destruction.

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וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and therefore H6258 שִׁלְחוּ shil·chu send H7971 מְהֵרָה me·he·rah quickly H4120 וְהַגִּידוּ ve·ha·gi·du and tell H5046 לְדָוִד le·da·vid to David H1732 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 תָּלֶן ta·len you pass [the] night H3885 הַלַּיְלָה ha·lay·lah this night H3915 בְּעַרְבוֹת be·'ar·vot at [the] desert plains of H6160 הַמִּדְבָּר ha·mid·bar the wilderness H4057 וְגַם ve·gam and also H1571 עָבוֹר a·vor certainly (to pass over) H5674 תַּעֲבוֹר ta·'a·vor you will pass over H5674 פֶּן pen lest H6435 יְבֻלַּע ye·vu·la' it should be swallowed up H1104 לַמֶּלֶךְ la·me·lekh to the king H4428 וּלְכָל־ u·le·khol- and to all H3605 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 אִתּוֹ 'i·to [is] with him H854

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–21

Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom's mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel's counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is no contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destroy him by his own mistakes and passions. Ahithophel's former counsel was followed, for God intended to correct David; but his latter counsel was not followed, for God meant not to destroy him. He can overrule all counsels. Whatever wisdom or help any man employs or affords, the success is from God alone, who will not let his people perish.

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