Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, ‘Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? ’ ‘They passed by towards the water,’ the woman replied to them. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Joshua 2:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the two men went into the hill country and stayed there for three days until the pursuers had returned. They searched all along the way, but did not find them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They left and went to the mountain and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned, who had searched all along the way without finding them. American Standard Version (1901) And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. Common English Bible The spies went out and entered the highlands. They stayed there for three days until those chasing them came back. Those chasing them had searched all along the road but never found them. Catholic Public Domain Version And truly, walking on, they arrived at the mountains, and they stayed there for three days, until those who had been pursuing them returned. For having sought them along the entire way, they did not find them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not. |
Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, ‘Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? ’ ‘They passed by towards the water,’ the woman replied to them. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
‘Let it be as you say,’ she replied, and she sent them away. After they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord to the window.
Then the men returned, came down from the hill country, and crossed the Jordan. They went to Joshua son of Nun and reported everything that had happened to them.