17. Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En Rogel. A servant girl would go report to them, and they would go report to King David, because they could not be seen entering the city.
18. But a young man saw them and reported this to Absalom. So the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
19. The wife took a covering and spread it over the opening of the well. Then she scattered grain over it so that nothing could be discerned.
20. The servants of Absalom came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”She said, “They crossed over the brook of water.” When they searched, they could not find them. So they returned to Jerusalem.
21. After they left, they came up from the well, went, and reported to King David. They said to David, “Arise and quickly cross over the water because thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”
22. So David and all of the people who were with him arose and crossed over the Jordan. By daybreak, there was not one left who had not crossed over the Jordan.