²⁰ When Absalom’s men came to the woman^(A) at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”

The woman answered them, “They crossed over the brook.”^[a] The men searched but found no one, so they returned to Jerusalem.

⁵ Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs^(A) and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”^(B)