II Samuel 17:22
The Scripture
(22) Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Ahithophel counseled Absalom to pursue and kill David immediately, but Hushai persuaded Absalom to delay by gathering a larger army first, secretly giving David time to escape across the Jordan. When Ahithophel saw his counsel rejected, he went home and hanged himself.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Samuel 17:24Proverbs 27:12Matthew 10:16Numbers 31:49John 18:9
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