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Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
World English Bible (WEB)
Behold, he is hid{H2244}{(H8737)} now in some{H259} pit{H6354}, or in some{H259} other place{H4725}: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown{H5307}{(H8800)} at the first{H8462}, that whosoever{H8085}{(H8802)} heareth{H8085}{(H8804)} it will say{H559}{(H8804)}, There is a slaughter{H4046} among the people{H5971} that follow{H310} Absalom{H53}.
Strong's King James
lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who are after Absalom;
Young's Literal Translation
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