21It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, |Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.|


In Context

18 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.

19 The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.

20 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.

21 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, |Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.|

22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.

23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 17:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:21After the men had gone, the two climbed out of the well and went to inform King David. They said to him, "Set out and cross the river at once; Ahithophel has advised such and such against you."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:21And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:21And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counceled against you.