2 Samuel 17:9

New Century Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the men who are as brave as lions will be frightened, because all the Israelites know your father is a fighter. They know his men are brave!

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai added, “You know your father and his men are strong. They are as angry as a bear that is robbed of its cubs. Your father is a skilled fighter. He won’t stay all night with the army.

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the well where he had thrown all the bodies had been made by King Asa as a part of his defenses against Baasha king of Israel. But Ishmael son of Nethaniah put dead bodies in it until it was full.

Joshua 7:5

The people of Ai killed about thirty-six Israelites and then chased the rest from the city gate all the way down to the canyon, killing them as they went down the hill. When the Israelites saw this, they lost their courage.

Joshua 8:6

They will chase us away from the city, thinking we are running away from them as we did before. When we run away,

1 Samuel 22:1

David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and other relatives heard that he was there, they went to see him.

1 Samuel 23:22

Go and learn more about him. Find out where he is staying and who has seen him there. I have heard that he is clever.

1 Samuel 24:3

Saul came to the sheep pens beside the road. A cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.