17:15-20
The news is then conveyed back to David via the planned route. Hushai tells the priests, Zadok and Abiathar. Hushai also tells David not to spend the night at the fords in the wilderness. After that message was passed on to Jonathan and Ahimaaz. However, someone happened to see Jonathan and Ahimaaz, and then told Absalom. So the two of them hid in a well, and the well was covered up, and corn scattered on the covering. When Absalom’s men came to the house where the well was, the woman gave them a tale and the men left there.
17:21-23
After Absalom’s men had left, Jonathan and Ahimaaz went and informed David of the developments. David and his men duly crossed the Jordan. Ahithophel reacted to his advice not being followed by committing suicide, after setting his affairs in order. He presumably thought that Absalom would now fail, and that David would then consider him to be a traitor, so his time was up. He was given a decent burial.
17:24-26
Meanwhile, Absalom crossed the Jordan. Joab, the commander of the army, had remained loyal to David, so Absalom had appointed Amasa as commander of the army. We then get the genealogy of Amasa. The Isrealites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
David came to Mahanaim, and received support from various people. They were supplied with blankets, bowls and pottery, and foodstuffs of various sorts. While much of Israel had sided with Absalom, there were still many who supported David.
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