36 Look! There with them are their two sons, A·himʹa·az+ belonging to Zaʹdok and Jonʹa·than+ belonging to A·biʹa·thar; and by means of them YOU men must send to me everything that YOU may hear.”

16 And now send speedily and tell David,+ saying, ‘Do not lodge in the desert plains of the wilderness tonight, but you also ought to cross over without fail,+ for fear that the king and all the people that are with him may be swallowed+ up.’”*

21 And it came about after their going away that then they came up out of the well and went on and told King David and said to David: “YOU people, rise up and speedily pass over the waters; for this is the way that A·hithʹo·phel counseled+ against YOU.”