2 Samuel 17:20 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

BSB

When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

KJV

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.

ASV

And Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

BBE

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

Original Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they came H935 עַבְדֵי 'av·dei [the] servants of H5650 אַבְשָׁלוֹם 'av·sha·lom Absalom H53 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הָאִשָּׁה ha·'i·shah the woman H802 הַבַּיְתָה ha·bay·tah the house towards H1004 וַיֹּאמְרוּ vai·yo·me·ru and they said H559 אַיֵּה 'ai·yeh where H346 אֲחִימַעַץ 'a·chi·ma·'atz [are] Ahimaaz H290 וִיהוֹנָתָן vi·ho·na·tan and Jonathan H3083 וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 לָהֶם la·hem to (the) them H9038 הָאִשָּׁה ha·'i·shah the woman H802 עָבְרוּ 'a·ve·ru they have passed over H5674 מִיכַל mi·khal [the] brook of H4323 הַמָּיִם ha·ma·yim (the) water H4325 וַיְבַקְשׁוּ vay·vak·shu and they sought [them] H1245 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 מָצָאוּ ma·tza·'u they found [them] H4672 וַיָּשֻׁבוּ vai·ya·shu·vu and they returned H7725 יְרוּשָׁלִָם ס ye·ru·sha·lim Jerusalem H3389

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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Absalom Ahimaaz Jonathan Jerusalem