²² So David and all the people who were with him set out and crossed the Jordan; by daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

⁹ This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, “I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me.”^(A)

Coming Persecutions

¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.^(A)

²⁴ Then David came to Mahanaim, while Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.^(A)

⁴⁹ and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the warriors who are under our command, and not one of us is missing.