Absalom ran away. There was a guard standing on the city wall. He saw many people coming from the other side of the hill, and went to tell the king.
You will be like someone who escapes from a lion only to be attacked by a bear, or like someone who goes into the safety of his house, leans against the wall, and is bitten by a snake.
A murderer will never have peace. Don’t support such a person.
So Jonadab said to King David, “Look, I was right! The king’s sons are coming.”
David was sitting between the two gates of the city. The watchman went up to the roof over the gate walls and saw a man running alone.