2 Samuel 17:18

World English Bible (2000)

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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 3:16 : 16 Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go! Return!" and he returned.
  • 2 Sam 16:5 : 5 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.
  • 2 Sam 19:16 : 16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 17:16-17
    2 verses
    85%

    16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, 'Don't lodge this night 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.'"

    17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.

  • 2 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

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

    20Absalom'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.

    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."

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    78%

    9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!'

  • 2 Sam 13:34-38
    5 verses
    78%

    34But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.

    35Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons are coming! It is as your servant said."

    36It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

    37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

    38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    76%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 18:28-30
    3 verses
    75%

    28Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, "All is well." He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!"

    29The king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was."

    30The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." He turned aside, and stood still.

  • 2 Sam 18:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

    10A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

  • 2 Sam 18:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

    18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

    19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies."

  • 2 Sam 19:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

    4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 2 Sam 15:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear."

    37So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 15:11
    73%

    11Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    72%

    22So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.

    30It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came to David, saying, "Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left!"

  • 1 Sam 20:39
    71%

    39But the boy didn't know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

  • 2 Sam 17:5
    71%

    5Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Then Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this with you." He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

    15Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 15:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom."

    14David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."

  • 2 Sam 15:2
    71%

    2Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel."

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    71%

    26When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn't know it.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    71%

    1It was told Joab, "Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom."

  • 2 Sam 18:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.

    25The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." He came closer and closer.

  • 2 Sam 18:32
    70%

    32The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" The Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is."

  • 2 Sam 17:13
    70%

    13Moreover, if he be gone into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn't one small stone found there."

  • 2 Sam 16:17
    70%

    17Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

  • 2 Sam 14:31
    70%

    31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    70%

    1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    70%

    12So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    70%

    24Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    70%

    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:21
    69%

    21Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen!" The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    69%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.