2 Samuel 17:19-21

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁹ And the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn on it, so that the thing would not be known.

²⁰ And when Absalom’s servants came to the wife, into the house, they said, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman answered them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” And when they had sought them, and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

²¹ And as soon as they had departed, the others came out of the well, and went and told King David, and said to him, “Up! And quickly get yourself over the water! For such counsel has Ahithophel given against you!”