2 Samuel 17:18

WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Commentary

Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom,.... Saw them conversing with the girl, and departing for David's army; according to Josephus (o), they were some horsemen that saw them about two furlongs or a quarter mile from Jerusalem, and acquainted Absalom with it: but they went both of them away quickly; made all the haste they could with their message to David: and came to a man's house in Bahurim; where very probably they had been informed David had been, whither he came weary, and had refreshment, Sa2 16:14 ; or rather, perceiving they were discovered and pursued, they turned in hither, the first place they came to, for safety: which had a well in his court; which they observed, and was the reason of their turning in: whither they went down; to hide themselves from their pursuers, it being dry, as sometimes wells were in the summertime: Josephus says (p), a woman let them down by a rope. (o) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 7. (p) Ibid.