Meanwhile, I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until I receive news from you."

After they left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan came up out of the well and went and reported to King David. They told him what Ahithophel had planned against him and said, "Hurry up and cross the river."

So David and his men started crossing the Jordan, and by daybreak they had all gone across.

So David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, "We must get away at once if we want to escape from Absalom! Hurry! Or else he will soon be here and defeat us and kill everyone in the city!"

Meanwhile, I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until I receive news from you."

Don't just stand there! Hurry up!" The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master,

I would hurry and find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.

Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.

Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.

"Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.

Someone who is in the field must not go back to get a cloak.

Ours is a great city, one of the most peaceful and loyal in Israel. Why are you trying to destroy it? Do you want to ruin what belongs to the LORD?"

"Never!" Joab answered. "I will never ruin or destroy your city!

Don't let them say to themselves, "We are rid of him! That's just what we wanted!"

All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.

He will answer from heaven and save me; he will defeat my oppressors. God will show me his constant love and faithfulness.

So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: "Death is destroyed; victory is complete!"

While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal will be transformed by life.