19Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
20When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 17:19-20