21. 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.”
22. So David and his men started crossing the Jordan, and by daybreak they had all gone across.
23. When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his own city. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.
24. David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan.