2Sa 17:17-22 | TNotes | STEP | 17:17 Jonathan and Ahimaaz: See 15:27 , 36 . • The location of En-rogel is uncertain, but it cannot have been too far east of Jerusalem.

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‏ 2 Samuel 17:17-22

17:17 ^a Jonathan and Ahimaaz: See 15:27 ^b, 36 ^c.

• The location of En-rogel is uncertain, but it cannot have been too far east of Jerusalem.
Summary for 2Sam 17:18-20: 17:18-20 ^d Bahurim was the home of Shimei, the pro-Saul Benjaminite (16:5 ^e; 19:16 ^f). 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.