⁵ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.

¹⁶ Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night ^(A)in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ”