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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Samuel 17:15–21, “Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 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. Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 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.”
While David chose to trust the Lord, he also used his influence to survive the trial he was facing. David wanted to protect the priests even though they were loyal to him. He could remember the time when Saul murdered an entire priestly family and he didn’t want that on his conscience again. However the priests wanted to support the Lord’s anointed as they were dedicated to serving the Lord in Israel. When Hushai discovered Absalom’s plans he spoke to the priests so that they could send a message to the king out in the countryside. When Hushai found out that Absalom was going to wait for a while, he sent messengers to tell David to keep going and not camp for the night. The priests’ sons went out to pass the message on to David but someone saw them leave and told Absalom that spies were going from the city. Absalom sent some of his soldiers to find those men but they found shelter in a house. The woman hid them in her well and covered the well with then put corn out to dry in the sun, on top of the well. Absalom’s followers couldn’t find the men so they went back to Jerusalem and the spies went on their way, bringing the message to king David.
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