And they went and came into the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned,—so the pursuers, made search, throughout all the way, but found them not.
Then came the servants of Absolom unto the woman in the house, and said—Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them—They have passed over the stream of water. And, when they had searched and not found, they returned to Jerusalem.
And the two men returned and came down out of the mountain, and crossed over and came unto Joshua, son of Nun,—and recounted to him all that had befallen them;