2 Samuel 17:21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
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Gill's Exposition
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and passed over Jordan,.... Taking the advice of Hushai:
by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan;…
We must now leave David's enemies pleasing themselves with the thoughts of a sure victory by following Hushai's counsel, and sending a summons, no doubt, to all the tribes of Israel, to come to the…
Hushai sends word to David by Jonathan and Ahimaaz
16. Lodge not this night A prudent precaution, for Absalom might change his mind, and follow Ahithophel's counsel after all.
in the plains of the…