woman that they were gone; Josephus (s) says they were drawn up by the woman with a rope: and went and told King David; who was now in the plain of the wilderness, perhaps near Jericho, and not a great way from Jordan, to whom they related the whole of their message: and said unto David; as they were directed: arise, and pass quickly over the water; the river Jordan: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you; to come with twelve thousand men, and fall upon him that very night; and it was not certain his counsel would be rejected; and therefore it was advisable for David to prepare against the worst. (s) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 7. Hudson. not. in ib.