2 Samuel 17:16

New International Version

Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness; cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’ ”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:28

I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Psalm 57:3

He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me— God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.

Psalm 56:2

My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.

Psalm 55:8

I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.”

2 Samuel 15:14

Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”

1 Samuel 20:38

Then he shouted, “Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

2 Samuel 15:35

Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace.