2 Samuel 17:18 Meaning and Explanation
“Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.”
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Read Full Chapter →A boy spots the couriers and informs Absalom, but they escape to a house in Bahurim and hide in a well.
What Does 2 Samuel 17:18 Mean?
Danger nearly undoes the plan: a boy sees Jonathan and Ahimaaz and reports them to Absalom. The two flee swiftly to a house in Bahurim, the same town where David was lately cursed, and climb down into a well in the courtyard to hide.
The thread of safety is thin, a single sighting could end everything. Yet at the very place of David's humiliation, refuge is provided. God's care does not remove all peril; it meets His servants within it, opening a hiding place just in time. The well that conceals them is no accident, but a mercy prepared along the way.
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What does 2 Samuel 17:18 mean?
A boy spots the couriers and informs Absalom, but they escape to a house in Bahurim and hide in a well.