2 Samuel 17:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 2 Sam 15:28 : 28 See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
  • 1 Sam 20:38 : 38 And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you. 22 So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.
  • 2 Sam 20:19-20 : 19 Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord? 20 And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
  • Ps 55:8 : 8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
  • Ps 56:2 : 2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them; 5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
  • Matt 24:16-18 : 16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains: 17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house: 18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 17:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    20And 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.

    21Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

    22So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 15:12-15
    4 verses
    77%

    12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

    13And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

    14And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

    15And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.

  • 2 Sam 17:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

    2And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:

  • 2 Sam 17:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13And if he has gone into some town, then let all Israel take strong cords to that town, and we will have it pulled into the valley, till not one small stone is to be seen there.

    14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

    15Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

  • 2 Sam 17:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

    18But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.

  • 2 Sam 17:5-9
    5 verses
    75%

    5Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

    6And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?

    7And Hushai said to Absalom, Ahithophel's idea is not a good one at this time.

    8Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not take his night's rest with the people;

    9But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    74%

    24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 22:5
    73%

    5And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

  • 2 Sam 15:31-37
    7 verses
    73%

    31And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

    32Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:

    33David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:

    34But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

    35And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

    36See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

    37So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

    8Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.

  • 2 Sam 16:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

    16Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

    17And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?

  • 2 Sam 15:22
    70%

    22And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

    2So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 19:11
    70%

    11And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

  • 2 Sam 16:20
    70%

    20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    69%

    2And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

  • 2 Sam 18:19
    69%

    19Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.

  • 1 Sam 21:2
    69%

    2And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    69%

    28See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    69%

    3And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    69%

    12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    69%

    19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    69%

    6And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

  • 1 Sam 23:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

    27But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    68%

    34But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    68%

    11Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.