Now send quickly and tell David, 'Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.'"
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:28See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."
2 Samuel 15:35Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king's palace.
2 Samuel 17:21After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, "Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you."
Treasury of Scripture
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Lodge
2 Samuel 15:28
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
but speedily
2 Samuel 17:21,22
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you…
2 Samuel 15:14,28
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword…
1 Samuel 20:38
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
be swallowed
2 Samuel 20:19,20
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? …
Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalm 56:2
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
