⁵ but the Babylonian^[a] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,^(A)

¹⁶ Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness;^(A) cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.^(B)’”