23 And see and ascertain about all the hiding places where he hides himself; and YOU must return to me with the evidence,* and I will go with YOU; and it must occur that, if he is in the land, I will also search for him carefully among all the thousands*+ of Judah.”

9 Look! Now he is in hiding+ in one of the hollows or in one of the other places; and it will certainly occur that, just as soon as he falls upon them at the start, the one hearing of it will then be bound to hear and say, ‘A defeat has taken place among the people that are following Abʹsa·lom!’