2 Samuel 17:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He is probably already hiding in a cave or some other place. If your father attacks your men first, people will hear the news and think, ‘Absalom’s followers are losing!’

Cross References

1 Samuel 24:3

Saul came to some sheep pens beside the road. There was a cave near there, so Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were deep inside that same cave.

1 Samuel 22:1

David left Gath and ran away to the cave of Adullam. David’s brothers and relatives heard that David was at Adullam and went to see him there.

Joshua 8:6

These men will chase us away from the city, so we will run away. They will think that we are running away from them as we did before.

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai added, “You know that your father and his men are strong men. They are as dangerous as a wild bear when something has taken its cubs. Your father is a skilled fighter. He will not stay all night with the people.

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even your bravest men will be frightened, because all the Israelites know that your father is a powerful soldier and that his men are very brave.

Jeremiah 41:9

(Ishmael threw the dead bodies into the cistern until it was full, and that cistern was very big! It had been built by a king of Judah named Asa. King Asa had made the cistern so that during war there would be water in the city. Asa did this to protect his city from King Baasha of Israel.)

1 Samuel 23:22

Go and learn more about David. Keep track of where he goes and who goes to see him. I am told that David is smart and that he is trying to trick me.