Bible Strands
2 Samuel 17:22
So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David and his entire camp respond to Ahimaaz and Jonathan’s warning by rising and fleeing across the Jordan River before Ahithophel’s counsel can be executed.
The words — וַיָּקָם (va.ya.kom) records David’s immediate rising, while וַיַּעַבְרוּ (va.ya.av.ru) documents the complete passage of the entire force across the river.
The thread — The urgent crossing before dawn aligns with the prudent flight urged in Proverbs 27:12 and mirrors the preservation theme in John 18:9 regarding those given to a leader.
Why it lands — The narrative states that complete evacuation occurred by daybreak, requiring the reader to recognize that decisive, timely action in response to warning prevents catastrophic delay.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
Cross-references
- Matthew 10:16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Proverbs 27:12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
- Numbers 31:49 and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.