World English Bible
"The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known."
— 2 Samuel 17:19, World English Bible
“And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.”
“And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. ”
“His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.”
“And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known.”
“And a woman put a cover over the hole, and put crushed grain on top of it, and no one had any knowledge of it.”
“And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, 'Don't lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.'"
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.