When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have crossed over the brook of water.” And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Joshua 2:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They departed and went into the hill country and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the way and found nothing. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They left and went to the mountain and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned, who had searched all along the way without finding them. American Standard Version (1901) And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. Common English Bible The spies went out and entered the highlands. They stayed there for three days until those chasing them came back. Those chasing them had searched all along the road but never found them. Catholic Public Domain Version And truly, walking on, they arrived at the mountains, and they stayed there for three days, until those who had been pursuing them returned. For having sought them along the entire way, they did not find them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not. |
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have crossed over the brook of water.” And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
She said, “According to your words, so be it.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.
Then the two men came down again from the hill country. They crossed over, came to Joshua son of Nun, and told him all that had happened to them.