2 Samuel 17:18

“Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Absalom, etc.] Saw them conversing with the girl, and departing for David’s army; according to Josephus f288, they were some horsemen that saw them about two furlongs or a quarter mile from Jerusalem, and acquainted Absalom with it: but they went both of them away quickly; made all the haste they could with their message to David: and came to a man’s house in Bahurim; where very probably they had been informed David had been, whither he came weary, and had refreshment, (<101614>2 Samuel 16:14); or rather, perceiving they were discovered and pursued, they turned in hither, the first place they came to, for safety: which had a well in his court; which…”

“and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court--The court was that of the house, and the well an empty cistern. All the houses of the better class are furnished with such reservoirs. Nothing could more easily happen than that one of these wells, in consequence of a deficiency of water, should become dry and it would then answer as a place of retreat, such as David's friends found in the man's house at Bahurim. The spreading of a covering over the well's mouth for the drying of corn is a common practice.”

“Bahurim - See the marginal reference. They were not all Shimeis in Bahurim. return to 'Top of Page'”

“17:18-20 Bahurim was the home of Shimei, the pro-Saul Benjaminite (16:5; 19:16). Shimei’s cursing of David at Bahurim reflected David’s decline, while the escape of Ahimaaz and Jonathan pictured the hope of David’s resurgence.”

“Bahurim: Sa2 3:16, Sa2 16:5, Sa2 19:16 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 17:19”

“"And a lad (servant) saw them, and told Absalom." Absalom had most likely set spies to watch the priests and their sons. But the two sons who had noticed the spy hurried into the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well (or cistern that was dry at the time) in his court, and went down into the well. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 17:19”