2 Samuel 17:16
New English Translation
16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him,[a] “Don’t spend the night at the fords[b] of the wilderness tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over,[c] or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.”[d]
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- 2 Samuel 17:16 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
- 2 Samuel 17:16 tc The MT reads “the rift valleys (עֲרָבוֹת, ʿaravot) of the wilderness.” The plural form typically refers to the gently sloping plains at the basin of the rift valley just north of the Dead Sea (while the larger rift valley extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba). Many translations render as the “fords” (NASB, ESV, NIV, NRSV) assuming the reversal of two letters as עֲבָרוֹת (ʿavarot, “fords, crossing”).
- 2 Samuel 17:16 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
- 2 Samuel 17:16 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
2 Samuel 17:16
New International Version
16 Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness;(A) cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.(B)’”
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