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2 Samuel 17:14-16
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14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided[a] to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.

15 Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders[b] of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised. 16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him,[c] “Don’t spend the night at the fords[d] of the wilderness tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over,[e] or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.”[f]

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:14 tn Heb “commanded.”
  2. 2 Samuel 17:15 tn Heb “elders.”
  3. 2 Samuel 17:16 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
  4. 2 Samuel 17:16 tc The MT reads “the rift valleys (עֲרָבוֹת, ʿaravot) of the wilderness.” The plural form typically refers to the gently sloping plains at the basin of the rift valley just north of the Dead Sea (while the larger rift valley extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba). Many translations render as the “fords” (NASB, ESV, NIV, NRSV) assuming the reversal of two letters as עֲבָרוֹת (ʿavarot, “fords, crossing”).
  5. 2 Samuel 17:16 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
  6. 2 Samuel 17:16 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
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