Then Jonadab said to the king, “The king’s sons have just arrived! It’s just as your servant has said.”
2 Samuel 13:34 - Tree of Life Version Meanwhile Absalom had fled. When the young watchman lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, there were many people coming down the road behind him on the hillside. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming by the way of the hillside behind him. American Standard Version (1901) But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him. Common English Bible and Absalom has fled.” Just then the young man on watch looked up and saw many people coming on the road behind him alongside the mountain. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Absalom fled. And the young man keeping watch, lifted up his eyes and gazed out. And behold, many people were arriving along a remote road at the side of the mountain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Absalom fled away. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked: and, behold, there came much people by a byway on the side of the mountain. |
Then Jonadab said to the king, “The king’s sons have just arrived! It’s just as your servant has said.”
Now David was sitting between the two gates. When the watchman on the roof over the gate walked over to the wall, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and all of a sudden, he saw a man running alone.
A man tormented by the guilt of murder flees to the Pit—let no one support him.
It will be as when a man is fleeing from a lion—and meets a bear! Or he comes home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him!